Eruc£ rnirfincla fi4etamorphofi$k aoj 

 gicanci vicrnm in manus inciderec, ecce in illo non papilio- 

 nem , fed /ane quacuor mufcas vulgaribus parum majores 

 capice & alis caeruleas & reliquo corpore purpureas ex chry- 

 felide enacas hinc illinc volicantes inveni. Miratus ego ali. 

 quancifper & rem propius examinaturus ex iis unartf manu 

 capere volui, fed irrico conacu , nam fimulac vafis opercu- 

 lum fuic amocum , confeftim illx avolarunc , unaque cum 

 iisexperimenci adfinem perducendi fpesplane in aurasabjit, 

 Exuvi<r chryfalidis feu corcex ejus vacuus & aridus in fundo 

 vafis reperiebacur. 



SCHO LIUM 



DUbium hic proponi poflec , haud leviufculi equidem 

 ponderis , an (cilicec hae mufcas ordinarii efFettus hu* 

 jusErucarum (peciei finc, non abfimili modoacpapiliochry- 

 filidis, Bombycis, &Erucarum communium , ( per fimpli*. 

 cem & uniformem nacura Legem (emper eodem modo in a* 

 nimalium generacione absque ulla deviacione agenccm,) eft 

 produ&io. Vel dubium oricur , an h^c produdio mufca- 

 rum accribuenda fic > defe&ui cuidam nacurali, racione ci*. 

 jus cau(a qusedam excernaa via crica & confueca rece/Ik,me- 

 diance corrupcione quadam & pucredine Vermis hujus Eru- 

 cx. Qup melius diflblverecur Nodus hicce Gordius> opcan- 

 dum forec ucNaturae quidamCuriofas reiterationi hujus Ex- 

 perimenciallaci vacare vellec. Repecieram jamjam nifi eru- 

 ca qualem in loco fuperius nominaco,reperi,biic Jocorum tf* 

 percu effec impoflibilis* 



Cc z ©BSER* 



