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 along with it; and have fince continued there, 

 and in other places. Thefe infers, which 

 conceal themfelves in the day time, come out 

 in the night, when they eat fhoes and other 

 cloaths, which are greafy : it is faid that bugs 

 are their mod delicious morfels j fo if any one 

 chufes to exchange one peft for another, he 

 might perhaps authenticate this notion. We 

 found a female of this mfeft in a plantain tree 

 (Mufaparadifiaca) which came from Java. 



The 3d of Auguft. 



The fun was perpendicular to us to-day, 

 and the latitude could not be obferved for that 

 reafon; but as to our calculation, it was 14 

 6' N. L. 



I caught a Libelhda fufca, cape et late- 

 ribus viridibus. The abdomen had eight ar- 

 ticulations : the wings were all equal, and 

 brown near the body ; the outward edge had 

 below a black right angled fpot, but on the 

 under fide it was not quite black. 



The 



