[ 54 f 

 HIU 1 poifon ; with fuch the Bee, Wafp, 

 Scorpion, &c. are furnifhed. 



Sexus, the Sex. The fame dirfe* 

 rence of fex exifts in infe&s as in other 

 animals, and they even appear more 

 difpofed to increafe their fpecies than, 

 other animals ; many of them, when 

 become perfecl, feeming to be created 

 for no other purpofe but to propagate 

 their fpecies. Thus the fiJJc-worm^ 

 when it arrives at its perfect.or Moth- 

 ftate, is incapable of eating, and can, 

 hardly fly : It endeavours only to pro^ 

 pagate its fpecies ; after which the.male- 

 immediately dies, and the female, as. 

 foon as fhe has depofited her eggs. 



ln many infects, the male and fe- 

 male are with difficulty diftinguifhed ; 

 and in fome Vney difFer fo widely, that 

 an unfkilful perfon might eafily take 

 the maie, -and female, of the fame in- 



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