^ ( 2220 ) 
there is no fuch thing • but that even all Infers are the 
natural iffue of parents of the fame fpeciei with themfelves. 
F> Redi hath gone a good way in proving this , having 
cleared the point concerning ge- 
^ Of this Author an Ac. aeration ex materia putnda.-^ But ft ill 
compt was given m , t , 
55.p.a4l<y« there remain two great difficulties. 
The firjl is,togive an accompt of the 
produdlion of Infefts bred in the By-fruits and Excrefcen* 
cics of VegetableSjwhich the {zxAl^edi doubrs not to afcribe 
to the Vegetative Soul of the Plant that yields thofe Ex- 
crefcencies. But for this I refer you to Mr. Lijier^ The fe- 
cond^ to render an accompt of Infedls bred in the Bodies of 
other animals. Ihope fliortly to be able to give you an ac- 
compt of the Generation of fome of thofe lnfe(9:s , which 
have been thought to be fpontaneous^ and which feem as 
unlikely as any to be after the Ordinary and Ufual vvay^ 
Of fuch an Infed, as you mention^ feeding upon ^a- 
mnculuf, which when dried yields a Musky (cent, I have 
no knowledge. I can at prefent call to mind but two 
forts of Infeds that I have feen, which fmel of Musk. The 
one is like the common Caprtcornus or Goat^jchafer^ which is 
mentioned by all Naturalifts that write of Infedts , and 
which fraels fo ftrong of that perfume.that you may (cent 
it at a good diftance as it flies by, or fits near you. The 
ther is a fmall fortof which in the South and Eaft- 
parts of England is frequently to be met withal in Gardens 
among flowers in Spring-time* I remember, they were 
very plentiful in Sir Edw. Dukes's Tulip-Garden^ when the 
Tulips flowred. S'w Edward \% no^ dead 5 his houfe was 
not far from Saxmundham in Suffolk, ; the name of the Pa» 
rifli I have forgot* 
I have by me the Defcription and Anatomy of a Vorpefs 
( which fifli I happily met withal 
* When this fhall come to j^^a (^j^^a^^ j j^j^ there are. 
hind, we intend to commu- ^ J . t 1 r r j 
oicate it to the Curious, the lome particulars, that! find not m 
ingenious Author permit- the Defcriptions of J{pndektius ot 
^^"^ others, which, if you pleafe, I fhall 
fend you I refl:, (Sc. 
4n 
