238 ORDER VII. Podura. 



when inclined to leap, the infect withdraws it, 

 2nd by ftrikingit with force againft the ground, 

 is thrown to a confiderable diftance. 



The Poduras are generally found upon the 

 ground infand or gravel-pits, or under branches 

 of trees, ftones, &c. in humid places. One 

 fpecies is found upon the water, upon the fur- 

 face of which it leaps with great agility. It is 

 not known upon what any of them feed. 



GeNus 



