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i. COMBFOOTED SAVAGE. 

 SPHEX PECTINIPES. 



Plate 3. 



Character of the Species. 



The Antlers are form'd of oval Joints, and turn like rams-horns. 

 The Fore-feet are form'd like combs, with three claws, and flifF 



hairs above. 

 The Body is join'd clofe to the Trunk. Plate 3. ah. 



This ftrong and fierce, tho' heavy Fly, lives in caverns of the 

 earth, in the fides of hills and cliffs ; and in holes made in the mud- 

 walls of our little villages. I received this from the North of Ire- 

 land, where the mud- walls of one of the cabins on the fide of a 

 hill, was wrought into the appearance of a Honeycomb, by the multi- 

 tudes of thefe creatures. 

 Its Head is of a chefnut brown. 

 The Eyes are blue. 



The Antlers are brown ; but the tip of each joint is ruddy. 

 The J cms are amber- col our'd. 

 The Feelers pale brown. 



The Trunk is black, and rough. 



The Scutcheon is grey. 



The Body is fmooth, and fhining; of a rufty iron colour, with bands 



of an orange yellow. 

 The Air-holes are brown. 



The Legs are of a blue grey ; and the long hairs upon the fore ones, 

 toward the feet, are yellowifh. 



The Wings are of a pale brown. 



The Sting, when the creature pleafes to mew it, is of a fine po- 

 lifh'd brown. 



This feems unquestionably the Sphex PecTiinipes of the Syftema 

 Naturae. 



It is drawn here, as fhewn by the fourth glafs of the lucernal 

 microfcope ; not magnify'd in any vaft degree ; but furficiently to 

 fhew all its parts. Creatures much fmaller require often larger figures 

 to exprefs their organs diftinctly. All magnitude is comparative ; and 

 to be ufeful, the inftrument fihould be employ'd with jurt fo much 

 power as is needful for diftinctnefs. 



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