( f 4, ) 
Pro lovgittidine Pekiaefifis Zfrhis ohfervatd funt plures 
immer Hones fr 'mi Jovh fatellith in Jovis Vmlram ex qui' 
hus felegi quae hahita eft die i8 Januariiy 1695-. Telefco- 
pio pedum daodecim, 
Eo die ohfervata eft immerfio primi Jovis fateSitis in 
Jovis Vmhram fatia correSlione horologii h. 11. 51.14. 
Talul(e noflrae eo die banc immerfionem reprefentant h. 5-. 
18.49, Oi/ervationes autemeodem ntenje habits inoljer* 
vat aria Regio Parifienfi o/Iendunt. Tahulas retardajje tunc 
temporis minutis horariis 2\ 30^'. 
Quare fuit ilia immerfio Parifiit h. i5. 19. 
Itaque differentia meridianorum. 
Inter Pekinum & Vrlem Parifienfem erit h.y, 34. fj. 
Cum autem ex aliis olfervatiomhui olim deduila fuerit 
eadem meridianarum differentia 7'. 36. fumi poterit h.7. 
35 h • 
V. A Letter from Dr. Geo. Garden, Dated 
Aberdeen, Dec. 8^ i6%6. concerning Cater^ 
pillars that deftroy Fruit. 
-THad Occafion fome Years ago to difcover the trnc 
J. Origine of the fmall Catterpillar, which infefts the 
Bloflbms of Pears and Apples, and deftroys the Fruit. 
You know the vulgar Conceit was, their being bred of 
Mifts and Dews, ^ViXQhGoedartiHs goes along with, but 
Dr. Lifter rightly Conje(9:ures their Original to 
be from the Butter-fly, into which they are transformed, 
though he feems not to have taken Notice of the parti- 
cular manner of their Propagation, as may be (een in 
Mumh:6Q, of his Edition of Goedartim, The Bearers 
of thefe Trees you know are full of Afperities, and not fo 
fmooth 
