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The Natural Hiftory of JAM AIC A. 
IX. Vefpae fufco lutea. Tab. 240. Fig. 23. p. 284. Guefpes. Roches. p. 266. 
Tertre. Wafps of an Azonymus Portugal of Brafile. Purchas, lib. 7. cap. 1. 
p- 1320. Avéfpas, Lop. de Gomara, cap. 80. 
A {mall brown and yellow Wap. 
This is about an Inch long, the Head is brown, only the Flap over the 
Mouth is yellow. The Thorax is brown, with fome yellow Spots. Ic 
hath fix yellow Feet and Legs, four membranaceous, brownifh blue, fhin- 
ing Wings; the firft pair large, covering the Abdomen, which is tack’d, as 
it were to the Thorax, by a very flender Pipe or Feffu/a joining them, two 
jointed crooked Aztenne. The Abdomen ends fharp, and is made up of feve- 
ral brown and yellow Azza or Joints. 
This is every where on moift fandy Grounds. 
There is a Difference in Magnitude between the Flies of this Kind. 
X. Vefpa-ichneumon media magnitudinis, tota cerulea {plendens. Tab. 240. 
Fig. 5- 
This is the fame in every refpect with the following, only it is conf{i- 
derably lefs. 
Thad it with the former. 
XJ. Vefpa-ichneumon major tota coerulea fplendens. Tab. 240. Fig. 4. Pa- 
naau-raen Abbeville Of Noronha, p. 255. Vefpa Brafil.Chalybis lucente. Pet. 
Gaz Nat. Tab. 60. Fig. §. Steel-Wafp. Paipat guacu, Brafil. Marcgr. 
P: 255 
The long blue Bee. 
The Body of this is about an Inch and half in Length, and pretty thick, 
thicker than a Swan’s Quill, the Head has on it two jointed Antenna, the 
firft Joint blue, the reft yellow, the Eyes are large and hemifpheerical, the 
Head is join’d very eafily to the Body by a {mall Thread or Fiftula and fo 
is the <Aldcmen to the Thorax, the uppermolt Wings are largeft, 
membranaceous, near an Inch long, the Legs fix, the hindermoft two 
Inches long, and all the whole Infect is of a very dark blue Colour, it 
has a tapering Snout, Shining and hard. 
It is to be met withal frequently among{t the Flowers, going from one to 
another, fucking them as Bees do. 
XII. Mufca carnaria major vivipara. 
I have feen in Famaica frequently a large grey Flefh-Fly, lay taperin 
{mall Worms alive, which I believe produc’d Flies like fe Mothe: ee 
Nourifhment ina fhort Time. 
XIII. Mufca minor cinerea alis purpareis. 
A fall grey Fly. 
This is fmaller by much than our European Flies, has two crooked 
Antenna,a large Head and Thorax, fix Legs, the laft pair longeft, theT borax 
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