Part I. Of lnfetts. iyi 
between the Wmg-fhclls. The Legs are much broken, 
on the third Joynts, at lead ot four of them, grow a pair 
of black (harp Prickles about the length and thicknefs of 
the mng of a Bee . But that which is moft remarkable, is 
a ftrong and (harp Spike or Needle which (lands horizon- 
tally on his fore-Belly, and with its point towards the Tail 
His Wing-ihells are carry 'd down conliderably below his 
Belly : fo that being turned on his Back, he looks as if he 
lay in a Boat. 
By the (hape of the Wing-ihells, this In feci feems, like 
the Notonetla ( whereof prefently ) to fwim on his Back, 
In which pofture, in cafe of an approaching enemy, the 
aforefaid Needle is alfo ready for his defence. 
The Great Englijh WATERCLOCK. Hydrocantharus 
major Anglic us. Defcribed (a) and figure! (b) hyMoufet. ( a ) Li, i. 
It comes near, in bignefs, to the former 3 as alfo in (hape 5 c ^3- 
but hath no Needle, neither are the Wing-(hells below the en j J the 
Belly. That part mod obfervable 111 him, is his Eye, which Second Eook 
is of a curious bright colour, almoft like a Butterfly s. 
Another Water-Clockoi the fame Species. 
The fmall brown Water-Clock. 'Tis flat and narrow, 
and t of an inch long. 
The fmalleft Water-Clock. Scarce bigger than a Sheep- 
Tick, all over of a (hining black. 
Thefe fo feels make ufe of their hinder Feet inftead of 
Oars. They are feldom or never feen in the day, excepting 
in the Water, which they leave 111 the night, and fly up and 
down, (c) (c)Motfd, 
The BOAT-FLY. Notonetta. Defcribed by Moufet ,1^.1.023. 
but very briefly, (d) A Water-Infetl, in fhape like that Lib. s. 
which lives in Cue cow Spittle, but fix times as big, fc. 5 of c -3 8 - 
an inch long. The upper Wings are opacous and thicker 
before 5 at their hinder ends, where they lap over, tranfpa- 
rent and extream thin, like the Wing of a Fly. 
He fwims faith Moufet, (e) contrary to other Creatures,on his 00 Lib, 2, 
Bac^ And the (hape of his Back feems to favour it, being c ' 3 ' 
very like the bottom of a Boat. Nor do his hinder Legs, 
which are thrice as long as the former, unaptly refemble a 
pair of Oars. 
The Great WINGED PUNEE. Cimexhfoeftris alatus 
major. Moujet (/) hath given three goooTigures of this if) Lib. r. 
Z 2 Kind, c " 2? ' 
