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This fpecies bears mnch refemblance to fome Infe61s of the Ich. 

 neumon genus. We have found it among the leaves of the horfe- 

 radifh in June. 



AU thejirices are rare in England. Sirex fpeflrum is an a&ive 

 and vigorous creature, and which cannot be taken without danger of 

 its flinging. The fling is fmall, and fine as a needle, but formed of 

 fuch hard or horny fubflance, that it will pierce the finger to the 

 bone. 



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