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cmediocriujm genere ex viridicateiuceacotocorporepanefcirj 

 cauda vero, five abdomen fuperiiis incense rufefcic, inferitis \ 

 quoque pallec. Menfe Augufto apud nos cernuncur in locis 

 aridis cremiisqucinfidenc^ Appecuncvaidemufcasillas,qu^ 

 loco probofcidis aculeum habenc^ quibus pecorum cergora, 

 iiominumver6crura>&fepius{cribentis manum ad radicem 

 polHcis &;Indieis, qui calamum fcripcorium cenenc^ mifere 

 pungunti finguinemque exfugunc. Sic milicacprohominc 

 hoc Perlce genus concra infeftas illas mufcas, Perlas aucem 

 Majoresomnesforma&corporiselegantiailla videcur fupera- 

 re, (\ux pertocum corpus exiumma viridicaceaurumrefpien- 

 dec: caudam habec exilem , ejus canaen excremicas paulo la- 

 nm\txttridimT : hdc de line^ta efi-Takv Lnum,2' PorroexMajo- ! 

 rumPeriarumcenfufunc, qucelacioribuscaudis funcpr^edic^, 

 iiarum tamen queedam (exu differunc> ficucmasexili , f^mina 

 veroadmodumlacoeoque cseruleo fic , uti if^Tah^VL numls. 

 uterq^ue JexfM hujus FerU <zre exfculpus ^y^.Deniqj ex minimis 

 Perlis inquifiviineas, qux* viridespallenccumlineis> pr^fer- 

 timindorfo&:pe£l:ore>fufcis: vel obftrvancur incense c^ru- 

 lea^ cum circulis Sc lineis candidis,i;/W^ T ^h.VL num, j. lit.f, &g. 



Harum omnium jam praedidarum Genefin expercus 

 ica propono & adumbro. Omnes Perl^e > cujuscunque 

 difFerenci^, paucis excepcis, ex aquis oriuncur, menfibus 

 Junio, Julio & Augufto alice pofl: alias. Eo enim annicem- 

 porej fcilicec ^ftace circumvolicanc in aere> uc fibi quaeranc 

 e^cara ^ pro nucricione (ui > & ut coeanc pro confervatione fe* 

 xusiui. Connubium earumitafic: congrediuncurinapercOj 

 aere, poftquam mas^, f^emeilamperfecutus> caudam ejus ap- 

 prehendic, excrcmitatemcauda^ fuee, in qua duo hamuli lo- 

 eogenitalium extant, in femellceorganum; quod fub abdo- 

 mineinfinechoracisefl:, inferit* Hoc modoPerlce conjuga-j 

 taeambaeinaerecamdiucircumvolanc, donec fellfe ad proxiJ 

 mum,fcirpum, cremium vel aliud (iiflencaculum confiftantj 

 & quiefcanc^ fcemella fuperius^ mare auccm inferius exiflen- 



