Microcraruial  —_- 8g 
_/And-next, all/the eyes of each clufter feem'd muchof thé fimé-bigne& 
prominent part/C, grew,two {mall oblong bodies, D,D; ‘whith through 
a Microfcope look'd) not unlike the Pendants in ‘Lillies, thefe fossa 
jointed on to two {mall parts at C, , each, of which feem’d again jointed 
into'the front. ad +45 lead 9 esitohey 
. Fifthly, out of the upper part. and outfides of thefe horns, (as, I may 
callthem, from the Figure they, are.of, in the, 24. Scheme;| where they 
are marked with F F) there grows afingle feather, or brufhy Brifle, EE, 
fomewhat of the.fame kind with the tufts of a Gnat, which 1 have before 
defcribed.. ve y9nO Yo atlsb f ei 1 egnghs2 de 
What the ufe of thefe kind of horned and tufted bodies fhould be; 1 
cannot well imagine,unlefs they ferve for {fmelling or hearing,though how 
they are adapted for either, it feems very difficult to defcribe they are 
inalmoft every, feveral kind of Flies of fo various afhape; though’certain- _ 
ly they are fome.very eflential part.of the +head,,and_have fome very 
notable office aflign’d them by Nature, fince in all Infects they.areto be 
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found in one.or,other form...) 
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_ Sixthly, at the under part of the face F F, were feveral of the former 
fort of bended Brilles; and below all, the mouth, out of the middle of 
which, grew the probofes G H I, which,by means of feveral joints,where- 
of it feem'd to .confift, the Fly was able to move toand fro, and thruft it 
inand out as it pleas'd.;, the end of this hollow body (which was all over 
cover'd with fmall fhort hairs.or brifles) was, as’twere, bent at H, and 
the outer or formott fide of the bended part HI, flit, as it were, into 
two chaps, HI, HI, all the outfide of which where cover d_ with hairs, 
and pretty large. brifles; thefe he could, like two chaps, very readily 
~ open and fhut, and when he feem’d to fuck any thing from the furface of 
a body, he would fpread abroad thofe chaps, and apply the hollow part 
of them very clofe to it. | dy 
__ From either fide of the Probofcis, within the mouth, grew two other 
all BOS, or fingers, K K, which were. hairy, PH {mall nee mer 3 
ut of another fhape, and bigger in proportion, in the 24. Scheme, w 
PEF are marked with G G, which rapt feem'd a kind of fmellers, 
ut whether fo or not, I cannot pofitively determine. |) 
The Thorax or emddie part of this Fly, was cas'd, both above and: a 
neath, with a yery firm cruft of armour, the upper art Oke ROE ; 
covered over with long conical brifles,all whole en s pointed backwardss 
out of the hinder and under. part of this grew out in a clufter fix leggs, 
three of which are apparent in the Figure,the other three were hid by “i 
