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; are much of the Bignefs of the comnidn Black 
Beetb^ but of a Brownifh Colour, fomething near that, 
of CittamoH, they are thickly befperfed with a fine fhort 
downy Hair, that Ihews as if they were powder'd all over 
with a fine fort of Duft : The Cafes of their Wings do 
not entirely cover all the Backj for their longpeicked 
Tails, where lie the Organs for Generation j reach a 
good way beyond them 5 The Indentures or Joints of 
each fide their Belly, appear much Whiter than the 
reft: But to avoid being Co particular in defcribing ail 
their Parts, I have hereto annext a true and exadt Fi* 
gure of one of them, borrowed from the Scaraheorum 
Tabulae Mutm of Dr. Lifler^ who has neatly expreft it. 
Ste the Talk, Fig. i. 
And this will- give your Lordihip at one View, a 
fuller and truer Idea of them, than the longed and moft 
accurate verbal Defcription poffibly could. 
Here'fome pleafant fcoffing Men in the World perhaps 
might be apt to fay, what an extravagant Folly this is, 
to make fo many Words, and keep all this ado, about a 
poor contemptible Fly. But if thefe Gentlemen will 
confider the exceeding great Dammage, that fbme- 
times befalls Mankind, as a Natural Attendant on this 
infignificant Animal as they would have it, their idle re- 
diculing Humour might with as much Shew of Reafon, 
droll upon and expoTe a ferious Difcourfe of the Tlague. 
To proceed then : 
This pernicious Infed of ours, I am fully convinced, 
my Lord, from Good Reafons, is, that (elf fame ^fa 
often mentioned m Holy Scripture^ commonly join- 
ed in Company with the Locuft, as being both great De- 
flroyersof the Fruits of the Earth} to which the Septu- 
agint and the Vulgar Latin Tranjlation, retaining the 
Greek Word, give the Name of B^S;^^©^ or Bruchus^ de^ 
rived from ^^^x^^ Frendo 'vel Strideo^ intimating the 
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