Vllt An Account of a Gall-Bee^ and the Deat^»- 
Watch. By Mr. Benj. Allen. 
Ihe Gall" Bee. 
IN thofe Galls which came to me by the Name of 
Akppo^Gdls, which the Infefts had not eat their 
Way out of, I found one fort of Bee, refembling the 
fmall fort of our wild Bees which Earth ; they have long 
Wings, a deep Belly, and on the Back near the Comil- 
fiire to the Body, it is of a greenifh black, the reft red- 
ifli, near a Cinnamon Colour, the Belly thick and deep. 
ThefeGalls were very gummy, and the Cavity round 
them w;as fo extreamly gummy, that not the leaft room 
or entrance of it appeared, though the Bee was beginning 
to make its way out. Some of the Galls had a Stem to 
them, and may give fome Light to the reafon of Life, 
that the Atmofphericai Air is not neceflary to the EflenGe^ 
before the Organs of the Body are employed ; but that 
that is maintained by a fubtiller Air, that pervades more 
minute Pores, as it is conveyed to Filh through the 
Water, Fide Figure i. 
But this is not the only Infeft that I have found in 
Galls, for the greyer fort, not fo rich in Gum : I have 
found a fmall Ichneumon z bright Green. 
