Lepifma. APT ERA. 235 



infedts with which they have no affinity. Fie 

 has likewife placed the pupa of the Gryllus 

 under this order, which is doubly improper 

 for the reafon above mentioned 3 and as not 

 being a compleat infedt. 



The whole fpecies, or every fex of the 

 fame infedt, muft want wings in order to 

 render it apterous in the fenfe of Linnaeus, 

 and to place it under this order, which 

 contains the following genera : 



Genus I. Lepisma. 

 Linn. Syft. Nat. page 1012. 



The Lepifma has fix feet, formed fof 

 Tunning. 



The mouth is furnifhed with four palpi, 

 of which two are fetaceous, and two capi- 

 tated. 



The tail is terminated by extended briftles. 



The body is imbricated with fcales. 



SchsefFer afferts, that the Lepifrna has only 

 two palpi ; that its antennse are fetaceous ; the 



1 • bridles 



