WALKING LEAF. 
This curious inse6^:, known by the name of 
the Walking Leaf, from it's resembkince in 
form, as well as in hue, to a dry leaf, is said 
to be brought from the Spanish Vv''est Indies ^ 
■ The following description was given- by 
Edwards to accompany his print, which M'e 
have exactly copied. 
It is very flat-bodied, of the reddish co- 
lour of some dry leaves, the wings being', a 
little more yellow 1 some of them incline to 
green. I am apt to beiicve, that they change " 
from green to a reddish brown, according as 
the leaves of trees change wkh the seasons of 
the year, in order the better to deceive bird?, 
&c. that may feed on them* The hinder legs 
are perfe6li but, I believe, the outer johits of 
the four other legs were broken off, and I did 
not care to supply them by conjecture: thcsc^ 
were drawn after nature, from the. insctfis 
themselves, now preserved in the British Mu- 
seum at London." 
