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τὸ δὲ ἄλλο
σῶμα ἡ μὲν κεφαλὴ λεπτότατα τῷ αὐχένι συνέχεται καὶ ἔστιν εὐπεριάγωγος, οὐ συμπεφυκυῖα ὡς
ἡ τῶν ἀκρίδων ὀφθαλμοὶ δὲ προπετεῖς, πολὺ τοῦ
κέρατος ἔχοντες: στέρνον εὐπαγές, καὶ ἐμπεφύκασιν αὐτῇ τῇ ἐντομῇ οἱ πόδες οὐ κατὰ τοὺς σφῆκας πάνυ ἐσφιγμένῃ.^ ἡ γαστὴρ δὲ ὠχύρωται
καὶ αὐτῇ ^ καὶ θώρακι ἔοικεν ζώνας πλατείας καὶ φολίδας ἔχουσα. ἀμύνεται μέντοι οὐ κατὰ
τοὐρροπύγιον ὡς σφὴξ καὶ μέλιττα, ἀλλὰ τῷ στόματι
καὶ τῇ προβοσκίδι, ἣν κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ τοῖς ἐλέφασι
καὶ αὐτὴ ἔχουσα προνομεύει τε καὶ ἐπιλαμβάνεται καὶ προσφῦσα κατέχει κοτυληδόνι κατὰ τὸ ἄκρον
ἐοικυῖαν. ἐκ δὲ αὐτῆς ὀδοὺς προκύπτει, ᾧ
κεντοῦσα πίνει τοῦ αἵματος — πίνει μὲν γὰρ καὶ γάλακτος, ἡδὺ δὲ αὐτῇ καὶ τὸ αἷμα — οὐ μετὰ μεγάλης ὀδύνης τῶν κεντουμένων. ἑξάπους δὲ οὖσα τοῖς μὲν
τέσσαρσι βαδίξει μόνοις, τοῖς δὲ προσθίοις δυσὶ καὶ ὅσα χερσὶ χρῆται. ἴδοις ἂν οὖν αὐτὴν ἐπὶ
τεττάρων βεβηκυῖαν ἔχουσάν τι ἐν τοῖν χεροῖν
μετέωρον ἐδώδιμον, ἀνθρωπίνως πάνυ καὶ καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1913. 1.
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