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 fcrs, till a new off-ipring fucceeds, and 

 then they oblige them to quit their ha- 

 bitations. But thofe ants which live 

 entirely under ground, provide better 

 for themfelves in this refpect; for alit- 

 tle before their nuptials, thej quit their 

 habitation of their own accord, and af- 

 ter fwarming in the manner of bees, 

 they copulate in the air ; and each re* 

 tiring to ibme new habitation, founds 

 a new family. 



No hermaphrodites have as yet been 

 difcovered among infects. There is 

 fomething very fingular, however, in 

 the propagation of the Aphides. A fe- 

 male Aphis once impregnated, can pro- 

 duce young, which will continue to 

 produce others without any frefh im- 

 pregnation, even to the 5th progeny ; 

 afterwards a new impregnation rAift 

 take place, 



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