Book Hl.  Slend of BARBADOS, 
foft Timber, which ferve asa Shelter from the Weather, as well as Nefts 
to depofit their Honey, and rear their Young in. 
In the upper Part of the Mouth there is a Dart, or rather Probofcis, 
pointing perpendicularly downwards : ‘This is about a Quarter of an Inch 
long, black and fhining ; and, as the above-mentioned Nippers or For- 
cipes were defigned to bore Holes in Trees, fo this, by being divided, or 
capable of opening as a Forceps, may perhaps be defigned to take and 
kill its Prey ; for I always found their oppofite Sides to be hollow, capa= 
ble of retaining the Juices of their Prey, with this additional Conveniency, 
that, from the Centre between thefe ‘Two Clafpers, darts out a bearded 
reddifh Tongue. 
Its Eyes, which are Two, are {mall, fhining, and hemifpherical, fituated 
near the upper Part of the Head, for the Conveniency of feeing before, as 
well as behind. ' 
Below thefe ftand Two Horns, or Feelers, of about an Inch long. 
The Back is black and fhining, joined by a ftrong Ligament to the 44- 
domen, which is made up of Six Annuli, or Sections. 
The Rapidity of its F light depends upon Four glofly Wings. 
‘The Body, likewife, when upon the Ground, is fupported by Eight 
fhaggy, or rather hairy-Legs, each ending in a Claw or Fork. The Two 
hindermoft and oppofite Legs being the longeft, thefe about the Thighs 
are generally loaded with a granulated yellow Subftance, like Bees-bread, 
The Extremity of the 4édomen is guarded with a black Bee-like Sting. 
This Bee makes an humming Noife as it flies. 
The MAsTICH-FLY. 
HIS is about an Inch and a Quarter long, and of a glofly purple 
-4- Colour, inclinable to a Green. 
It hath Two Feelers, each Five Inches long. It derives its Name from 
the Tree it feeds upon. 
The Cocx-Rocu. 
Ope Body of this Fly is near an Inch long, and fomewhat flattith, 
and. of a very dark Snuff-colour. 
It lays many {mall brownifh Eggs. 
It flies about in the Evenings, efpecially in wet Weather, and gene- 
rally into the Houfes, where they breed, and are very troublefome, being 
voracious of moft kinds of drefled Vidtuals, as well as deftru@tive to Cloaths, 
Books, or any kind of Paper, by gnawing it toPieces ; befides they are very 
_ offenfive, by the ftinking Smell they leave behind upon every thing they 
touch, efpecially Meat : So that the Words of Virgil may be juftly applied 
to thefe : 
Diripiuntque dapes, contattugue omnia fedant 
Tinmunda, ------- 6 
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