PHYSICALanp LITERARY. 257 
t (z), or Pontedera (a) only, who quotes 
all the three, together with the learned Dif- 
fertation our author refers to, which I take 
to be Cornelii Hegardt Hiftoria naturalis et 
medica ficus (b) ; it will be eafy to judge, whe- 
ther it is at all probable, that the fig infects 
carry the duft of the caprificus to the unripe 
figs, and thus impregnate the feeds (c). 
K k 38. Ir 
(z) Voy. let 8. 
(a) Anthol. 1.2. c. 33. 34. 35. 
(6) InC. Linwast, Amaen. Acad. vol. 1. p. 213. 243+ 
Hey < Cupido ficus nobis dicitur, quem antiqui p/enem feu 
_“ infeffum vocarunt ficarium, et PonTEDERA, Anthol. 172. 
 defcripfit, eftque f{pecies ichneumonis. Hifce ichneumo- 
“ nibus jam mutatis, alifque inftructis, tempus adeft, quo 
_“ caprificus, feu ficus mas, florefcit, h. e. farinam edit anthe- 
“ rarum; tuac ichneumones e caprifici cavitatibus, farina, 
* molitoris inftar e mola fua prodeuntis, obducti evolant, et 
 conjugibus acquifitis de ovis pariendis foliciti fant: hinc 
ad fingulos groffos tranfvolantes, cavitates ficus foeminae, 
«6 dolii inftar, clavis ferreis vel {piculis feu piftillis ab omnibus ~ 
a Jateribus intus completas, intrando, non poflunt non fari- 
_ nam illam, qua contecti funt, excutere. Patet igitur hoc 
| 6 medo, ficum hanc foeminam facillime impregnari,” Thus 
* Hecarpt, Amaen. Acad. 1. p. 231. A fine appendix for 
ONTANUS'S poem! But, 
4 - Accorvine to PonTepera, ‘ Ficarii culices, forma 
ad vefpas, nafcendi autem modo ad mufcas, accedere mihi 
videntur. Ut primum groffi grandiufculi faci apertum fun- 
“ dum oftendunt, ingrediuntur foemellae, et ex infimo ven- 
"tre produéta tuba, foeturae in frumentis nidum excavant, et 
, * ovula 
