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are fharp, open, and hollow: with thefe he pierces the bodies of In- 
feéts ; with thefe he draws in their juices for his food; and when 
that is done, they have an claftic force, by which they throw the 
carcafe far away. He retires under ground to feed, and juft rifes te 
throw the:refufe out of his pit; then repairs its injuries, and waits 
for the next chance. Thefe pits are about three inches wide ; the 
creature leaves them, and makes new ones at his pleafure :° and in 
this ftate he always lives many months, fometimes two years, before 
he turns into the Fly, now to be defcrib’d. 
MY RM BE) LE 0.4 F O,RsM)1 @ A RUM. 
THE SANT=SEATER “FLY. 
Plate. 5: 
‘The ANTLERS are compos’d of twenty-four joints, and grow larger 
to the tip. 
This is a large Fly, not fwift in its motions, but fierce and deftruc- 
tive ; even in a degree equal to that of the Reptile, from which it 
fprings : it plays about the bufhes in the meadows of France and Ita- 
ly, in the latter part of fummer, and will feize on almoft any thing 
it can catch. . 
Its HEAD is of a chefnut brown. 
The Eyes are vaft, and green. 
The Antlers are of a deep brown. 
“The Feelers are long, and dufky ; there are four of them. 
The Yaws are yellow, hard, and fharp; and the two Tufks are brown. 
Its TRUNK is of a greyifh brown, with a gilded variegation. 
The Scutcheon is blueith, 
Its Bony is of a pearly grey, deep, and not elegant. 
The Lines or Riags are black. 
The Air-holes are edg’d round with brown. 
Its Leas are fhort, ftrong, and ruddy, with long dark hairs. 
Its WINGs are grey ; and in the particular Fly before me, there are 
four {pots of a dufky brown upon each of the upper ones, and two on 
each of the under: I fay, in this particular Fly, which is from Italy; 
for there are more, or fewer, or none, in thofe from other places. 
The Knippers at the Tail are horny, and chefnut colour’d. 
This is the Fly of the famous Formicaleo, the Myrmelea Formi- 
carum of the lateft writers. 
GENUS 
