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tiianj purposes. These glands serve af the samt 

 time for the habitation of a kind of caterpillar^ 

 which becomes transformed into a small fly with 

 four brown wings, of the genus of cynips. 



In Chili there are many species of the bee., 

 particularly in the southern provinces^ where 

 those that produce honey make their hives in 

 hollow trees, or in holes in the earth ; all the 

 wax used in the Archipelago of Chiloe is the 

 product of these wild bees. 



As far as I have been able to ascertain, none of 

 the common wasps are to be found in Chili ; and 

 as to musquitoes, gnats^ and other species of 

 stinging flies, so troublesome to the inhabitants 

 of warm countries, they are entirely unknown 

 there. In the vicinity of stagnant waters only 

 have I observed a gnat of the species denomi- 

 nated by Linnaeus, culex ciliaris. 



Of the water-fly, there are several species ; 

 they are always met with in the neighbourhood 

 of dwellinj^s, and differ in no respect from those 

 of Europe, excepting one of a middle size, found 

 only in the province of Calchagua. This is re- 

 markable for its pleasant musky smell, and is 

 used by the inhabitants to perfume their clothes, 

 from which circumstance I have named it tipula 

 moschifera. 



As to the ants, Ihey appear to me to be of the 

 same kind w ith those of Europe, and not to offer 

 any discriminative mark of character^ 



