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■whether he caught it himfelf, or in what manner he obtained it, is 

 entirely unknown to us.- — However, a fecond fpecirnen of the fame 

 infect, upon which we may be allowed to fpeak with more confidence, 

 was lately communicated to us by Mr. Milton, engraver ; who caught 

 it as it refted againft a window in cne of the upper apartments of his 

 houfe in Martlett's Court, Bow Street. — It is not undeferving of re- 

 mark to the early entomologift, that many of our moft choice, and 

 rare infects, have occurred by accident in fimilar Situations, and have 

 never perhaps been found in any other. 



This infect inhabits woods. There is a variety of it with yellow 

 antennae inftead of black, and which fometimes lias the legs yellowifh 

 inftead of rufous. 



