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ferves, as that author fuppofes, to convey to the 

 head a part of that nourifhrnent which the in- 

 fret takes or fucks in, by means of the pectoral 

 beak. 



The infects belonging to this lingular genus, 

 in the fummer bring forth live young, and in 

 the autumn lay eggs. Entomologifts afiert, 

 that from the copulation of the parents fpring 

 daughters, grand daughters,gr6at-grand-daugh- 

 ters,and great great-grand-daughters, or females 

 fcecundated to the fifth (according to Bonnet % 

 to the ninth) generation, fome with, others with- 

 out wings, without diftinction of fex, in the 

 fame fpecies ; many of them are provided with 

 two horns on the hinder part of the abdomen, 

 with which they extract the fweet-tafted dew 

 from Rowers. 



The Aphides are devoured by the larva of 

 the Myrmelion Formicarium of Linnaeus ; Ants 

 are likewife very fond of them, on account of a 

 fweet liquor with which their bodies are hu- 

 mected. They are exceeding common, and are 

 generally termed the lice of the plant which each 

 particular fpecies inftft. 



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