190 Mr. Ray Dr. Robinfon. 



Itinerary of France nates this for the Fontaine que hru* 

 le. But enough of this. Another thing I meet with 

 in the fame Transitions of Jan. la ft, ( in Mr. JVal- 

 ierh Ohfervations concerning the Cicindela volans, of 

 which I am in doubt 3 tho' I confefs I am more in- 

 clinable to believe what Mr. Waller afierts, that both 

 Male and Female have Wings, it being more agree- 

 able to the Analogy of other Infe£ts, befides the Cre- 

 dit of the Perfon, who faw them in Copulation. But 

 then what fiiall we fay to Carolus Ventimiglia, to 

 whom I am loath to give the Lye. Indeed, if his 

 Credit were as good as the Relators, F. Columna, I 

 dar'd not. Cum enim (faith he) ex nudis plunmas ha- 

 beret in vitro inclufas, animi caufa- alatarh cap am its 

 adjecit, qu& continue fe fpeSiante unam ex nudis fubegit, 

 eiq-y adhecfit ut bombyx folet, ab ed deinde divulfa aliam 

 atq; aliam, qu£ fequenti die parere coeperunt, &c. Be- 

 fides, how came this to be the receiv'd Opinion be- 

 fore ? 



Black-Notley, June 5. — 8$. 



Dr. Robinfoa to Mr. Ray. 



SIR, Septemb. 8. — 8f # 



rTp A K E a Pilchard by the Tip of the Back-Fin, 



I and it. hangs in JEquilibrio but a Herring fo 

 held finks headlong. This was try'd lately. 



M. Dodard affirms, that he hath frequently found 

 between the Bark and the W ood of old Horn-Beam 

 Trees a very odd Vegetable Sub fiance, having black 

 membranaceous Stalks, dividing themfelves into ma- 

 ny Branches, at the Ends of which there generally 

 grew little Balls, or Buttons, as large as Peafe. He 



fancies 



