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and Abdomen Separated by a very fmal] Thread or Fiffala, four membra- 
Naceous purple Wings, larger than the dbdomen which is all of a 
light brown or grey Colour. 
It is commonly on fandy Ground. 
XIV. Culex e fufco cinereus major. Marigoui ou Marinzouin. Abbeville. 
‘An Fation, Ej & 
The Merrywing, or, Common Mu/fguito. 
The Body of this is not over one third of an Inch long, all made up 
of brown and white Rings, the Legs fix, the laft Pair the largeft, a 
Probofcis with which it fucks Blood, and two Axtenne, the Legs have 
black or brown and white Rings, the Wings are of a purplifh Colour, 
and twoin Number, it looks finely in the Microfcope, efpecially its Axn- 
tenne, blue large Eyes, and bloody Probofczs. 
They are every where after Rain, in a Day or two’s Time, and are 
bred from fuch a frisking {mall Worm hatch’d in Water as Swammer- 
dam figures in his Book ot The Generation of Infects. 
It isa very troublefome InfeGt, efpecially towards and in the Nights, 
as much by its Wings, making a finging Noife, as by its Biting, upon 
which the Places {wellinto a very hard Bump. 
The Legs of this Infect are twice as long as the Body. 
Maringouins de Rochefort, p. 265. Du Tertre, p. 268. They bite, with 
Noife. ‘To avoid them the Inhabitants build in airy Places, or free them- 
felves by Smoak, or rub the Pare bitten with Vinegar or Lime Juice. 
Mujfqaeto and Merry-wings are called fo from their humming Noife. 
Hughes, p. 140. They are moft troublefome in Woods, p. 141. and good 
for the Health in hot Places by helping Perfpiration. 
Mofquitos are in Cumana, Laet. p.673. 
This Infect is called Mapéery, and is a Plague in Gwiana. Fire is the 
belt Remedy, againft it. Laet. p. 641. 
The Talapotns have Gauze Beds to hinder their killing Coufins. 
Loubere, Tom. 2. p- 57 
The Indians make a Hole in the Sand, covering themfelves in the 
fame, to avoid the Bitings of Mouftiques, Laffan. p. 268. i 
Maringouins, duTertre, p. 268. the beft Remedy is Smoke or a net- 
ted Pavillion. Ax Mouftiques. Ej? p. 287° : 
Mofcites, Luf. Braf. Marigue Pif. p. 38. 
Nhatiu, Brafil, Marcgr. p.257. Thefe Flies have two Wings, fting thro’ 
Linen, and are called Yatsam and Mariguoy. 
Musketos fting, Merrywings make a Noife, Ligon of Barbadosp. 62. 
It rains nine Months and is hot in Tata/co, whence Culicum copia gene~ 
yatur. p. 276. Laet. which are very troublefome there. 277. as alfo Ca- 
lices in Guatemala, p.330. Yeti ejufd. p. 555. Maregues, ejufd. p. 575. 
who takes Notice they are found by the Mazgroves in Brafile. Martngoutns 
deLoubere in Siam. p. 45. where he fays they pierce thro’ Chamois Leather. 
Mou/quites, or, Coufins,{ays Pyrard. p. 87. are troublefome in the Mal- 
dives. 
Many new Comers are troubled with Mufquetos at Vera Cruz, where | 
they {well after being bit. Hawks. p. 462. 
Garapatas Chinches con alas. Gow. cap. 67. where are reckon’d four 
forts of Mofquitos, cap. 8e. 
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