Thirteenth Day's Sale. 

 MONDAY THE 8th of MAY, ^785. 



INSECTS, WITH THEIR LARV^, PUP^, and NESTS. 



LOT 



1267 T^ART of the Nefl of a Pormlca (a native of Jamaica') found behind the 



X chimney of a boufe near Clapham, Surry \ a card of Gold Shells, fuppofed 

 to be the Cryfalides of a fpccies of Coccus. See Mr. Lightfoot, in Philof. 

 Tranf. 1786, Vol. I. and fundry Larvte and Pupa: of Infedls 



1268 Various terrenc-cells of exotic Infedls of the Hymenoptera clafs 



1269 A curious Wafps Neft, from Cayenne, LiJlePs journey to Paris tah.i.f.i.tz. i others, 



tne vaith'in a glafs cafe from Jamaica, a terrene one from Italy; a Neft of 

 the Apis Centuncularis £. or Referee, another Neft formed in a brick, &c;^ 



1270 A large and curious Neft of a Vefpa, from the Wejl-Indics, inclcfed in a glafs 



1271 Seventeen fpecies of Englifli Phale'na:, jnoft of them rare, and fame ntn-Jefcript 



1272 Twelve ditto, fomt of them new — all rare 



1273 Sixteen curious exotic Spheges, chiefly from Africa 



1274 Scarabasus Tityus, L, and 7 others; 2 Cicadae, 6 Grylli, a Ncpa, and a Libellula 

 /27J Seventeen beautiful fpecies of Engliih Papiliones, amongft them Quercus, 



Tages, Paphia, Euphrofyne, Semele, and Malvse L. all -very perfc^ 



1276 Twenty-nine fpecies of the fmaller kinds of Englifli PhalcnK, nutny of them 



•very rare, eillfine, and lahelled .. j ' . 



1277 Seven fpecies of rare Englifli Phalena:, among which are Leucomelas and pifi, 



L. and 4 o;hers, non defcript. 



1278 Seventeen cuiious exotic Scarabxi, amongft which are Lanigerus, laticollls, 



punif^atus, capenfis, indus, L. gibbofus, marginata; Cetonia marginclla, 

 olivacea, ¥ahr. &c. 



1279 Twenty- five fpecies of fmall . Coleoptcra, of various genera, chiefly from 



Africa and the Brazils, amongft which are Attellabus formicarius, curcu- ] 

 lionides, and others, labelled 



1280 Pupus, Z. and 3 other fpecies of Grjilus, all exotic 



12Z1 Four pair of exotic Sphinges, amongft which are Carolina, euphorbia, and 



terfa, L. 

 1282 Eleven foreign Papiliones, mojl of them rare, amongft them Caffi*, Leda, 



Jatrophx, L. &cc. 

 1283' 'Fifteen curious fpecies of ColeAptcrne, chiefly from Africa 

 12«4 Twtniynine beautiful exotic Lepi lopteri, moftly I'halenar, fome of them rare 

 1285 Oromedon, Fabr, and another line cornuted Scaraba:us, the laft from the 7i;a. 



zils—ioth rare 



1286 Twenty. 



