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in variety. But as thefe have nothing 

 but the oddity of their mechanifm which 

 can recommend them to notice, being 

 neither noxious nor ufeful to man, "I 

 fhall leave them in obfcurity. 



The Blatta, or Cockroach, is a 

 Species of Fly, about an inch in length, 

 having a reddifh brown colour, two long 

 feelers, fix legs, with forked claws, and 

 two tender foft wings. They are a very 

 troublefome and deftrudlive infedT:, de- 

 vouring not only victuals, but cloaths, 

 books, &c. nor is it poflible to prevent 

 their getting, when young, into trunks, 

 chefts, &c. 



Butterflies are here extreme- 

 ly numerous and various, and their 

 wings are elegantly variegated with the 

 moft livelv and beautiful colours. I 

 have feen not lefs than fifty different 

 kinds of Diurnal Butterflies in this coun- 

 try, 



