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flowers and fruits, and almoff on every 
thing that is fweet.. 
Thefe infects being armed many of 
tImSEif\vith poifonous flings, it will be 
neceflary to ufe the forcep nets to catch 
them with (vide fig. 7.) When caught, 
a pin is to be ftuck through them 
while in the net (i. e. through the 
thorax, as in fig. 8.) It is very diffi- 
cult to kill thefe infects without injur- 
ing them in feme relpedt; boiling wa- 
ter hurts their wing, and the fine hairs 
with which the bodies of many of them- 
are covered ; fpirits of wine or turpen- 
tine proves immediately fatal to fome, 
while others are fcarce affected by it ; 
and letting them remain transfixed till 
they are dead, will probably be thought 
too cruel.* We fliall leave the collec- 
tor 
* The beft method, as I have fince beert in- 
formed by an ingenious gentleman, is to flick 
them 
