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 VESPA ICHNEUMON ^R IPJ LIS, P E NSTLFANI E N S IS. 



HAT is moil Vemat\able in this 

 Fly, is the three long briftly hairs 



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La Guepe Ichneumon de Penfilvanle. 



^^ E iquil y a dt plus rcfitarquabh dt 



growing 



froi 

 f 



m It 



one 



fi 



'om 



the 



anus, . one from the extremity of 

 \he abdomen, and the third a little 

 above it. The abdomen had three 



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Mouch 



Jont trots longs pails 



roides^ qui e?i fo?-tenty fun de I 

 r autre de Vextremite de V abdt. 



fs 



h troijii 



un 



U abdoine, 



joints of annulli croffing it. The antennas 



were 



long. 



quatre 



It had four wings, two long and two iliort. 

 The j[ize of the Fly was the fame of the figure here 

 reprefent^d. This odd Fly was a native o^ Pe7t* celle de la figure qu 



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Po 



qui le iYaverfe 



L 



peu 

 joiittur 



au dejfus. 

 ^es. ou an-* 



leSy deux long 



font longues. 

 deux courtes. 



la grojfeur de la Moucbe^ die eft la 77te7ne que 



Get InfeBe I?. 



jylva7tta^ and was fent from thenC€ to Mr. Colh-ifoit^' eft de Penlilvanie, ^ en Jut envoye a Mr. ColHnfon 



amongft many other remarkable infeds, by Mr. JohTt avec heaucoup d 



Bar tram. 



• Since I graved it^ I found it 



P^etiver^ 



ui 



ed 



Mr. 



Jean Bartram 



'quables par Mr. 



Depuis que j en at grave la figure^, fai treuve qut 

 j avois ete privenu par Mr. Petiver, 



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If 



Mhus ghhrum 



ectofa cdccwio. 



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THIS Plant, except the panicle, fo nearly refembles the 

 ^Rhus'Virginianum fanicula fparfa ramis patiilis glabris^ 

 Hort.Elt. Vol. 2. ^.'323. that it can hardly be diftinguiihed 

 from it."" It rifes to the height of fix or feven feet, with a ftrait 

 item ; and produces its panicles at the ends of the branches. The 

 flowers confift of five petals, as in the other kinds. The fpike 

 of this is not fo divided as that to which Ihave co'tnpared it, 

 nor fo compadl and clofe as that of the Rhus Virginianuniy C. 

 B. P. !But that which diftinguifhes it> and gives it the prefe- 

 rence to all the other fpecies of it, is the refplcndency of its 

 fcarlet panicles: the colour of which begins to appear in "Jiil;^ 

 with'^a tindlure of yellow; but as the fruit ripens, the fcarlet 



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J^El'fE Plant e, aupanicule prhy rejfembk ft fort ^7^ Rhu; 

 V Virginianum panicula fparfa ramis patulis glabris, Hort 

 Elt. Vol, 2. p. 323. quonauroit de la peine a les difiinguer 

 Elk selevejufqua la hauteur dejixy oufept piesy avec une tio-t 



produit fes panicules au bout defies branches: la Jleu) 



?pi de 



njifie en cinq pet ales y comme dans les autres ft)rtes 



tte Plant e-ci neft pas ant ant divife 



mpariy niji compaSle^ rejferre que celui du Rhus Virginia- 



im C -B. P. 'Maisce qui la difiingucy & lui donne la prefer 



ncefiur toutes fies autres efipecesy ceft r eclat de fies panicules 



karlatCy dont la couleur commence a paroitre au mois de Juil- 



Mr 



ftoph 



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The berries that compofe the panicles are yellow, thick fet 

 with numerous filaments, or fmall threads of a purple or fcarlet 

 colour, beft difcerned by a microfcope, which, receiving a re- 

 fledlion from the yellow, caufes the fcarlet colour, which no- 

 thing can excel, more especially when the fun Ihines upon it. 



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N. B. A warm fummer is requifite to perfefl: the colour in 

 our climate. 



memes dans leur plein luft 

 ^Fulham. 



eft 



fe renfiorccy^ comme on le voit p 



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ph 



r 



tpofient les panicules ft)nt jaunesy & rempl 



fils deliesy de couleur de pourp 



efieSlion 



dift:erne bien qu'avec le microfcopCy & 



deffu 



peut excel lery fiur tout quand les rayons dufoleil 



Notez quiln'y aqu'un Etefiort chaud qui puifie perfieSl. 



cette couleur dans notre climat. 



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