TWO YOUNG NATURALISTS. 



1*3 



Now 



he captured the fly with his finger and thumb, 

 we can see: say thirty, perhaps forty." 



" You are very far out. The number of strokes 

 of the wings of a fly is about six hundred per second, 

 and may reach as many as three thousand six hundred 

 during rapid flight; is not that surprising?" 



VOEMS (LAKV.K OF UetipMttU), A.M. 

 INSECT IX THE PERFECT STATE. 



1 ' Here are some other kinds of Diptera : Yolucella, 

 a wild creature resembling a humble-bee, and who 

 moreover takes advantage of this to obtain entrance 

 into the nest of the bee, where it deposits its eggs, 

 which when hatched devour those of its host; the 

 Helophili, whose larvae were named by Keaumur 'rat- 



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