WALKING LEAF. 
f rom the Spanish West Indies, and has a very 
tt It body, of a reddish colour, hke that of 
certain dry leaves ; that is, at some times of 
the year, for at first it is green. It is pro- 
duced from a green egg, as big as a coriander 
seed ; from which, in a few days,, proceeds a 
little black inse6l like an ant when just 
hatched. The wings are at first like a green 
leaf, and have fibres run along them, from the 
inward edges to the outward, much like those 
of many leaves, and they branch into subdi- 
visions as they come nearer the edge. On 
the fore part of the body are four other small 
wings ; which, thougli they differ among 
rliemselves, each pair being of a different 
shape, yet they exadlly resemble some sort of 
leaves. The larger wings being shut^ it ex- 
ciClly resembles a leaf, which has been the rea- 
son why it is called the Walking Leaf The 
'jves are small, and prominent, and the moutli 
is forked; the head is round, and about th« 
neck there is. the resemblance of a ring, of 
the same colour with the body. Behind this 
the neck enlarges. again> insomuch that it looks 
almost hkc another head,, but larger. It i& 
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