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of wasps, although all of them, that I know, are 

 neither favificous nor gregarious, nor have artiticial 

 meat stored up for them ; yet have they the shape 

 and parts of wasps exactly, as well in the worm 

 and chrysalis, as when they are in perfection : be- 

 sides, / have observed a peculiar note belonging to 

 the bee kind which is not ivanting in these ; and that 

 is J three balls in a triangle, in the forehead of them 

 all, luhich nobody hitherto, that I know of, has taken 

 notice of But I much like the making of genus's 

 and tribes ex moribus et vita ; though I would not 

 as near as may be have the form excluded (/}." 



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