Pule*. A P T E R A. 243 



Genus V. Pulex, the Flea. 

 Linn. Syft. Nat. page 1021. 



The feet of the Flea are fix in number, 

 and formed for leaping. 



It has two eyes* 



The antennae are filiform* 



The roftrum is bent inwards, fetaceous, 

 and conceals a fling. 



The abdomen is compreffed or flattened. 



Schseffer obferves, that the body of the Flea 

 is covered with fcales. 



The roftrum, according to Scopoli, is bi- 

 valve. 



The Flea is the only infecl: belonging to this 

 order that undergoes the fame metamorphofts 

 with thofe of the other orders, all the other ap- 

 terous infefts being produced in their perfeft 

 ftate, either by the mother, or from the egg. 

 The larva has a forked tail, and fpins a cover- 



