OF INSECTS AND REPTILES. 



8. Thefmall black Apis fh) is not uncommon in gardens. It is 

 about half the fize of a pifmire. It inferts its ova by terebra- 

 tion on the ftems and branches of garden-rofes, in a patella-\ik.e 

 form, which, when they are in vermiculo, are ftiled by the fa- 

 mous naturalift, Dr. Lifter, the Engli/Jj Kennes, for giving a rich 

 fcaiiet or purple dye, without the extraneous aid of an acid to fix 

 itf. 



9. The large bhiift-black and yellow Libella (i) is frequent by 

 brooks and rivers in June and July. It is a beautiful infect. The 

 face is of a bright yellow, with two narrow tranfverfe lines of 

 black, and one larger of black on the upper part. The fcutd- 

 hm is black, with golden fpecks. The wings are of a yellowifh- 

 white, tranfparent, and full of nerves. The body is thick and 

 cylindric, of a bluifli-black on the upper part, and yellow un- 

 derneath; the two colours meeting on the fides in elegant den- 

 ticulations.- 



10. n, 12. The blui/Ij-green Libella with yello-wi/Jj-brown wings (k) ; 

 the Mazerine-blue Libella, with blui/Jj-black -wings (I) ; the green Li- 



(b) Apis niger minimus hortenfis.- t Ph. Tr. No. 73. 



(!) Libella maxima, abdomine breviore latioreque caeruleo. Raj. Inf. p. 49. n. 5. Et, 

 Libella maxima, abdomine breviore, & craffiore, latioreque caeruleo. Ejufd. p. 140. Libel- 

 lula thorace viridi nitido ; lineis flavis, alis pallidis, abdomine nigro. Linn. Faun. Suee. 

 p. 231. n. 768. 



Vulgo DRAGON-FLY, ADDER BOLT. 



(k) Libella media, corpora e viridi caerulefccnte, alis fulvefceniibus abfniie maculis. R'.j. 

 Inf. p. 5*. n. ii. Libtliula corpore fericeo nitido ; alis luteo fufcis ; inargine immacukt s. ' 

 Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 227. n. 756. 



(I) Libella media, corpore coeruleo, alis fere totis ex ca?ruleo nigricnntibus. P.aj. Inf.' 

 p. 50. n. 10. Libeliu'a corpore csruleo nitido; alis viridi-cserulefcent bus ; apice fufcis ; 

 margine immaculaiis. Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 229. n. 757. Vu'.go. PEACOCK'S NECK. 



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