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DEAft CONSTANCE,
E are now arrived at the last archer, Arn.aA, the characteristic of which is,
hatthc insects of both sexes, which compose. it, are without wings; though we shall find exceptions to this rule. The Instincts of SOWC of the genera are surprisingly cuuous ; but several of them are amongst the most loath some and disgusting of those insect tribes which humiliate the pride of man, and, at the same time, excite his industry, by enforcing the necessity of the strictest attention to clean fine ss.
There are but few species of the first genw' Lepisina, the chief of which, tno wn in our owu country, is, from its tapering fbrra and silvccy Jauc, called the Wood-fish. Its pii1y appearance arises from a covering of extremely minute, oval scales, which are nearly trans parent, and brushed off with a touch. The
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