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tinerring wifdom, ftatloned all objedls in a certain mode of arrangement, yet in fuch a man- 
ner as far exceeds our comprehenfion. Of this the infect now to be defcribed is an inftance. 
Plate 7, fig. I. 
It is found common on trees, during the whole month of June, and is generally of a 
brownifh colour, though fome few individuals are much darker. 
The eyes differ from the ufual pofition, the two laft of the firfi: feries being very large, 
and the two intermediate ones very fmall. The two lateral ones are fcarce lefs than the very 
large ones of the firfi: feries. This proportion of the eyes is reprefented by the dots in the 
figure. The legs are extremely long, and different from the other infedls of this divifion, 
fince they fhorten in this proportion, viz. 4, 2, i, and 3. Between the firfi and fecond, the 
difference is not remarkable. All the joints are long and fiender, and have hairs, briftles, 
and prickles of unequal lengths. The thorax ovate, hairy, fomewhat flattened, brownifii 
towards the edges, with the middle greyifh, and a lighter line running through it. The 
abdomen longifh, ovate, hairy, in fome more, in others lefs undulated, with a finuous bright 
line. The upper part is brownifii, though marked by a fomewhat obfcure facula, and fome 
white fcattered dots, which are more, numerous in fome, and lefs fo in others. In fome, the 
abdomen is without any dots. The inferior part has a brightifii wedge or mark. The arm 
of the male, with the fexual organs, is reprefented at fig. 2, where it is fiiewn projedling from 
the globular part, at B. and C. which two parts are ufually concealed in the globular one, 
and when neceffary, are projected or exerted as the figure fiiews. When at reft, or withdrawn, 
the tip of the arm has a fomewhat pyramidal form. In the extremity of the fecond joint, or 
that fucceeding the above defcribed one, a thick and ftrong apex, or procefs, refembling a 
cock’s fpur, appears, oppofite which, on the upper fide, ftand two large prickles, and two or 
three on the part neareft the thorax. The whole arm is alfo covered with hairs of different 
lengths, as well as prickles. The holders have thick and unequally long hairs. 
The female differs extremely in one refpe6l from the others of this divifion ; fince fire 
makes a thick cell in the tops of trees, with the funnel turned upwards, in which file refides. 
This fpecies is extremely timid, and at all times ready for efcape, when difturbed. It feems to 
be capable of diftinguifiiing the natural motion of the branches, caufed by the wind, from 
that 
