plants with tubular flowers. Infects of this 

 lpecjes feldom fit to feed, but continue vibrating 

 on the wing, while they thruit the tongue or 

 probofcis into the flowers. 



IV. infecls of this elafs (a) are found in 

 woods hedges, meadows, land-banks, walls, 

 pales, fruits, and umbelliferous flowers ; fome (c) 

 fly about lakes and rivers in the day. 



V. The fifth divifion (d) including wafps (e\ 

 bees., (/J, &i\ may be ieen about hedges (g), 

 Ihrubs, flowers, and fruits. Wafps and bees 

 are the only winged infects that have any great 

 degree of poifon in them •> they fhould therefore 

 be taken with a pair of forceps, and handled 

 icautioufly on account of their ftings, which are 

 dangerous. Some (h) of this divifion have 

 flings, but no poifon, and are to be found on the 

 flowers of umbelliferous plants, when the fun 

 Ihines hot in the middle of the day ; at which, 

 time others (7) are feen on fand- banks, walls, 

 and pales. 



VI. Flies of various kinds conftitute the next 

 clafs (k) ; they fly about the tops of trees (/), 



(a) Neuroptera, from vzvfov, a nerve, and pl^or, a 

 wing, have four membraneous tranfparent naked wings, ge- 

 nerally like network, as in the Panorpa Coa, rig. 4. 

 (b) Myrmeleon, hemerobius, pearl-fiy, Raphidia, cojnel- 

 fiy. (r) Libellula, dragon-fy. Ephemera, may-fiy. Phry- 

 ganea, fpring-fly. 



(d) Hymenoptera, from wnv a membrane, and nr]^^oy 

 a wing. Infetts with four membraneous wings, tail fur- 

 niihed with a fting ; as in the Tenthredo, fig. 5. (e) Velpa, 

 wafp. (/) Apis, bee, \ (g) Tenthredo, "favj-Jly. Sirex, 

 tailrd-ivafp. Ichneumon, ichneiunon-fy. Sphex, ichneumon- 

 <wajp. Vefpa. Apis, (b) Mutilla, naked-bee. (i) Chryfis. 



(6) Diptera, from JW two, and rlif'op, a wing, are fuch 

 as have only two wings, and poifers, as in the fly, fig. 6. 

 (?) Oellras, gad-fly. Mufca, fly, Tabanus,' wbame. 

 Jt|ippobofca, hcrfe-Jly, 



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