244 ORDER VII. Pulex. 



ing for the pupa, which has feet, of which, how- 

 ever, it can make no ufe, they being immove- 

 able. The larva may be nourifhed in boxes, 

 and fed with flies, of which they are very fond. 



They are very fmall, lively, and creep like 

 caterpillars ; they pafs fourteen or fifteen days 

 in their larva ftate, before they undergo their fe- 

 cond changement. 



Genus 



