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March ; the Neutral by September. The fxrft Sum- 
mer they grow very fparingly; the fucceeding Win- 
ter they feem at a Stand : In the Beginning of April 
of the fecond Year they viftbly augment every Day 5 
and in fix Weeks,, or by the End of May y the Male 
and Female attain their greateft Proportions, and are 
ready for another Change. This long Continuance 
of Ants in a vermicular State he thinks a great Cu- 
riofity, hardly to be met with in any other Clafs of 
Infers— -the Female Ant continuing above a Year 
and Quarter, the Workers a Twelvemonth, the Males 
fomewhat more. 
CHAP. VI. Treats of a Tranfmutation of Ant-Ver- 
micles to Nymphs or Aurelias , &c. 
The Vermicles, he fays, weave in the Manner of Silk- 
worms, and in a few Days infold themfelves in a foft 
ftlken kind of TifTue : They henceforth affume, and, 
whilft confined in this Monument, continue the 
Chara&er of Aurelias . Thefe are the fmall Bodies 
which abound in the Settlements in the Summer- 
Months, and are vulgarly reputed Ant-Eggs ; but 
their Largenefs, and vilible Tranfmutation (as he 
juftly obferves), fhew the Miftake. 
Our Author takes notice of a remarkable Variation’in 
the Aurelias of the red Ants. When the Worms arrive 
at their Period of Tranfmutation, he fays, they do not 
infold themfelves in a TifTue or Shell, like the others, 
but lie motionlefs, and, to outward Appearance, infen- 
fible* in a few Days look whiter than ordinary, and 
in this manner gradually put on the Form of Ants. 
Thus Providence (remarks our Author) is tied down. 
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