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Now, as all caterpillars, maggots, and other fmall aiiimals when 

 changed into flying infe6ts do dill preferve the fame I'ort of creafes, 

 rings, or divifions, which they originally had, fo I perceived in the 

 flying animal, produced from thefe maggots, the fame kind of rings 

 or divifions, but thefe did not become confpicuous till the two flielLs, 

 or cafes which covered the hind part of the body were removed : 

 under thefe cafes lie two exceeding i'mall wings folded together, and 

 by reafon of their being longer than the body, doubled up : fo that it 

 feems probable to me, that thefe creatures are formed in the fame 

 manner as infefts of the beetle kind, with regard to their wings, and 

 the cafes that cover them. 



If we refle6t on the nature of thofe flying animals, whofe wings 

 are thus folded up and covered with fliields or cafes, and who are 

 deftined to feek their food in hard fubftances, fuch as wood, nuts, 

 and the like, or who are hatched in tlie earth, we Ihall fee the ne- 

 cefllty of their wings being formed in that manner, for if the wings 

 were not longer than the hind parts of their bodies, they would be 

 too fmall for flight, and if not defended by the cafes or fhields, they 

 would be liable, when the animals are creeping into holes either in 

 the earth or in the hard fubftances on which they feed, to be lb 

 broken or injured, as to be unfit for the purpofe of bearing them 

 through tlie air. 



Tiiefe animals, even after they are converted into flying infeils, 

 do, in my opinion, take food, contrary to what is obferved in the 

 moths or butterflies produced from filk- worms and caterpillars, for 

 I obferved, that fome of thefe were of a bright and others of a dark 

 red, the former of whicJi, I fuppofe, had not been long changed, 

 and therefore had not taken fo much food as the latter. 



I liave often thought, that perhaps, tiieie kiiids of animals may 

 feed upon wood, but, that when tliey get among Mace, which is of 



