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tion. It will prove no doubt, that Father Torrubia’s wasps from Cu- 
ba have passed thr ough the same process, and the growth of a Clava- 
ria from the dead insect will be found no more a miracle than the 
growth of the misletoe on the bark of trees.” These subjects are fig- 
ured in the last volume of Edwards’ birds and in the Nova Acta 
Nat. Cur. Append. ad Tom. 3. Tab. 7. fig. 12, 13. 
. The above is a hasty translation of the eighty eighth paper in the 
third volume of the Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. and throws great light upon 
a subject, which, though noticed in Europe half a century since, is very 
little known among us. In the above paper two species of insects are 
spoken of, viz. a Vespa anda Cicada. ae he Spee which I herewith 
eitl The vege- 
beg leave to present to the academy 
table part seems to be the Chraria aH pes of Linnzus, and the ani- 
mal part is the larva or grub of the Lucanus Capreolus, which is com- 
monly known by the name of Dor or ear bug, and is the Stag Bee- 
tle of New England. 
The form of the larva is perfectly preserved, the legs are entire, 
the rings of the abdomen perfectly. well defined, and the lateral stig- 
mata or spiraclesare very conspicuous. But it is proper to observe, 
that the form and cuticle only of the larva are preserved ; for the body 
is completely filled up with afungous substance of the Clavaria. The 
ascending stem pierces the head of the larva, where one of the palpi 
was inserted, and a descending one passes downward from the corres- 
ponding point on the other side of the head ; but its direction down- 
ward may be accidental. 
This curious production was discovered some years ago by Samuel 
Danielson, Esq. of Killingly in Connecticut, who has been so oblig- 
ing as to favour me with these specimens. They were found on his farm 
in a grove of oak and walnut wood, in a loamy soi In digging up 
the roots of Aralia nudicaulis, or Sarsaparilla, he observed, as he imagin- 
