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much alike i in confirmation of which we may add, that 
fc.cl^, Prawns or Shrimps have alfo no Males among them. 
You may remember, the old Spaniard faid moreover, 
that when the Cochineel Flics are dry, they rub them 
between their Hands, and fo the Wings, &c. are fe pa- 
rated from the remaining Trunk 5 but if he had been 
more exact in his obfervations, he might have found, that 
not only the Wings were thus feparated from the hin'» 
der part of the Body, but alfo the upper part, with 
which goes alfo the Legs, the Wings and the Head. 
And if one obferves the lower part or Belly of thefe 
Animalcula, one may perceive that it is divided from 
the upper, by nothing but a kind of a fhort 'tring, no 
thicker than a Hogs Briftle, fo that one part m iv be ea- 
fily feparated from the other, cfpecially when tne Ani* 
malcuiaare dryed : Now this upper and lower part of 
the Body are plac'd fo near each other, that they will 
eafily appear to the naked Eye to have been always 
united. 
Furthermore the old Spaniard affirms, that the Cochi- 
neel is not fo good till the Animalcula have got Wings^ 
from whence we might be apt to conclude, that the Co- 
chineel Animalcula do become Flying Creatures all toge- 
ther, juft as it happens to Silk Worms, which from Rep- 
tiles, are all changed, and that in a very ftiort time, into 
Butterflies. 
' But the Cafe is quite otherwife with thefe Cochineel 
Flies 5 Cat feaft as for as it appears to us) for they dont 
lay their Eggs all together, or in one day 5 but I rather 
fuppofe, that one of thefe Animalcula at one time bridgs 
forth twenty Eggs or young ones, and fo they require a- 
bove ten days before they can be deliver d of aU theii 
Eggs, for after I had taken 200 Eggs out of fome of the 
Cochineel Flies, I faw exceeding fmall ones ftill remaining 
in the Ovarium or Egg.neft 
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