feet in its complete form, except in not being fufrtimed 

 with wings. 



This creature is very rarely met with in collections in 

 its complete or winged form ; being generally feen in 

 the lefs advanced growth before-mentioned, in which 

 the rudiments of the wings are but juft vilible. In 

 that imperfect ftate it has commonly been defcribed 

 under the title of the walking ftiek. 



A moft lingular circumftance in this infect, (and 

 which takes place in but very few others of the genus} 

 is, that, exclulive of the elytra, or wing cafes, there is 

 ^an additional pair, which may be fuppofed to ferve as 

 a farther guard in fecuring the wings themfelves : this 

 fecondary pair however feem to be connate with the 

 wings themfelves, fo as to make a part of them. 



This moft: curious and uncommon infecl: is a native 

 of the Ifland of Amboyrta, and the fpecimen from 

 which the figure was taken, is now in the higheft pre- 

 fervation in the Leverian Mufeum. 



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