XI 
IJY S E C T S. 
Insects are fo called from a reparation in the 
middle of their bodies, whereby they are cut into two 
parts ; which are joined together by a fmall liga¬ 
ment. 
They are fmall animals having many feet ; and 
breathing through pores arranged along their Tides, cal¬ 
led fpvraculcz: their fkin (with which they are covered 
-as with a -coat of mail) is of a hard or boney con¬ 
fidence ; whence they are defcnbed as having their 
bones on the outfide : it is likewife remarked, that 
they have no red blood ; no brains ; no noftrils ; no 
-ears ; no eye-lids. 
They are furnifhed with moveable antennae (which 
feem to be endued with an exquifite fenfe of feeling,] 
growing from the head. 
The palpi are jointed, fixed to the mouth, and 
generally either, four or fix in number ; thefe feem 
to ferve inflead of hands to the infe&j to bring other 
food 
