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^ExtraBs of two Letters from Mr, Martin Lifter to the Pubhjber, 
ofJunQ 14^1671. and July 5. concernin^the kindof In- 
jeU^ hatched of the EngbjlbY^^xm^^,^ formerly ta/^nnsttce of and 
defcrihedhy thefametn^Niimb^yi.ip.2i6^'j as alji the Vfeof 
thefe Purple Infed^Htisks for tinging^ together mth a compart [on 
made of this Englifh Purple- Kermes mth the Scarlet-Kermes 
of the shops. 
THe /rj? Letter, ^une loth.I found feveral of the PatelU 
H^rmi formes hatched in a Box, where I had purpofely 
put them. They prove a fort, as I gueffed by the figure of the 
WormjofBees, but certainly the leaft, that I ever yet fa w of 
that Tribe^as pot much exceeding in their whole bulk the half 
of a Pifraire.They are very compadt and thick for the bignefs 5 
of a cole-black coloun They fecm to want neither ftingSjUor 
the three balls in a triangle in their fore-head 5 which yet are 
thingsto be referred to the teftimony of a Microfcope* That 
which is very remarkable to the naked Eye,is a white or ftraw- 
colour large and round Ipot on the back : Of their four Wings 
the upper pair are fliaded or dark= (potted, the undermoft pair 
are clear. We may entitle them, according to our cuftom, 
Apmd(2 nigne^macula fuper humeros fub-flavefcefite injignita, e pa^ 
tellis five favis membranaceis, veri Kermes fmdibus^ [uaque itidem 
purpura tingentibusy Cerafi aut Rofa aliarumve arborum virgis ad* 
textis^exclufee^ 
This of the Purple-Husks^and the other Hiftory of Scarlet- 
ftaining Eggs^I prefentyouas parallels of our -of ^hich latter, 
Eoglifliftore roi(>r/??^/ and Cocheneil ; I mean, fee js[uml>. 72. 
additiments to encreafe the number of agree- P-'^^l^-^tTj. 
able tinging Materials and not Medicaments, unlefs wary and 
fafe Tryal uiall difcover to us if they have any Medicinal qua* 
lities, as ufe and cuftom hath made us believe the Exotic have 
in an h^gh degree. One of the faid husks, I fentyou,adhered 
to a Rofe iree-twig, and the other to a Cherry-tree. But a 
Rofc-bulli fi nee hath afforded m:* fomc fcores oiihtitpatellcey 
niniiy of wh ch are hatched in the box I put them. It is to be 
further vbioved, i. that thofe that look the blackeft,yield tl e 
dccpc.ft a d b ft purple : 3« That as the Bees come to maturi- 
ry-,he dy . leems to be fpenr^and the Husks grow dry^ 3. That 
