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The Natural Hiftoryof JAM AIC A. 
VII. Scarabeus mince e viridi nigricans alarum, vaginis firiatis. Tab. 237: 
Fig. Q: 
This is three quarters ofan Inch long, and flat, the Thorax has feveral lit 
tle Holes or Cavities on its upper Part, and the Sheaths of the Wings are 
ftriated with one Line rais’d, and two Lines of fmall Impreffions be-~ 
tween, all of a blackifh green or blue Colour, it has fix Legs, 
?Tis as common as the former. 
VIII. Scarabeus minor, ex argenteo luteus, maculis nigris [plendens. Tab, 
237. Fig. 38. 
This is about one third of an Inch long, as thick as a Goofe 
Quill, of a yellowifh white Colour, fhining with two black Spots on the 
Thorax, and four on the two Sheaths for the Wings, 
?Tis as common as the two others. 
IX. Scarabeis affine formica fimile Infectum. 
This is one third Part of an Inch long, the Addomen and Thorax join’d 
very eafily together, all of a fhining black Colour, it has four Legs from 
near the Abdomen, and one Pair from the fore Part of the Thorax. 
? Tis not very common. : 
X. Scarabaus medius fufcus, thorace angulofo, lucem emittens: Tab. 237% 
Fig. 1. Biffas or Bromas. Pet. Martyr. Cievas, Glow-worms of Oviedo, 
Summary, 4p. Eden. 222. Cocuyos, ej. Coron. p. 37. Fiery Worms (in 
Ternate) flying in the Air, no bigger than Englifh Flies, Drake, 740. Scara- 
beorum genus. Laet. p.5. Memoa Brafil. Marcegr, p.258. Flies fhining like 
Glow-worms of Sandys, Purchas, 1328. Cucuias & Noéiluca, Petr. Martyr. 
Mouches lutfantes. Loubere, p. 46: Arbor admiranda 274. Mufcarum |plen- 
dentinm. Fonft. Dendr, p. 471. Arbor Mufcarum fplendentium. Chabr. 599. 
app. Cuyero. Linfchot. Defer. de L? Amerique. Mouches luminenfes de Ro- 
chef. p»154« Mouches lutfantes du Tertre. p. 280. ; 
The Fire-Fly. 
This was more than an Inch long, all over of a brown or Chefnut Co- 
flour, the Head was {mall, blackifh, with twoEyes, and two prickly jointed 
Antenna. The Thorax was near an oblong {quare, the narroweft Part 
being towards the Head, and two extant Augles or Prickles towards the 
Abdomen, where were two oval, grey, tranfparent Spots, whence iffues 
its Light, it had fix Legs going trom the Thorax; the Abdomen was 
taper’d from its Origin to a round End. 
roe! fly about every where in the Savannas, and about Woods in the 
ight. : ae 
The Women work by them, and Indians travel with them faften’d to 
their Feet and Heads. Ov. Sam. The fame, in his Coronica, fays the Indians 
{pin, weave, boil, paint, dance, éc. by their Light in the Night. They 
hunt Aatias with them in the Night, and fifh ; tied to their great Toes 
and Hands they travel as with Flambeaux and Torches. The Spaniards 
read Letters by them. They kill the Mofquito’s which hinder them from 
Sleep, and for this Reafon the Indians carry them to their Houfes, more 
than for Light. They take them with Firebrands, when calling them 
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