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and fruits. Wasps and Bees are the only 

 winged insects that have any great degree of 

 poison in them ; they should therefore be taken 

 with a pair of forceps, and handled cautiously 

 on account of their stings. Some (Mutilla) 

 of this division have stings but no poison, and 

 are to be found on the flowers of umbelliferous 

 plants, when the sun shines hot in the middle 

 of the day, at which time others (Chrysis) are 

 seen on sand-banks, walls, and pales. 



VI. Insects of the sixth Order (DlPTERA) 

 fly about the tops of trees {Oestrus or Gad- 

 fly, Musca, Tabanus, Hippobosca), little hills, 



horses, cows, sheep, ditches, dung-hills, and 

 every offensive object. Some (Tipula, Co- 

 nopsj Asilus) are found on all sorts of flowers, 

 particularly those of a fetid smell. M any ( Bom- 

 by litis) of these are most easily taken when they 

 begin to feed ; for in the middle of the day they 

 are so quick and active, that it is almost im- 

 possible to catch them. 



VII. The seventh and last Order (APT ERA) 

 contains Scorpions, Spiders, Crabs, Lobsters, 



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