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called Miller s\ but fuppofed it to be from a white 
mealy Powder wherewith their Wings are covered. 
The French call them Hanetons . 
This Infed has two Pair of Wings, one filmy, and 
the other fcaly : The fir ft Pair fold together under 
the latter, and remain quite hid, unlefs when fpread 
out for Flight. The Elytra or cafe Wings are of 
a reddifti light-brown Colour, and feem fprinkkd 
with a white Powder that may eafiiy be wiped off ; 
the Legs and pointed Tail are whitifh, the reft of the 
Body brown, except at each Joint on the Sides of 
the Belly, where there is an indented Line of white. 
The Circles round the Eyes are yellowilh, and fo 
are the Antenna, which are fhort, and terminated 
by lamellated fpreading Tufts, capable of being 
opened more or lefs. 
It is probable the Females make Holes in the 
Ground with their fharp Tails, and there depofit their 
Young : But whether at firft they are finall Eruca> 
or Eggs from whence fuch Eruca are hatched, X 
don't pretend to fay : 'Tis cettain however, that 
thefe Eruca are extremely mifehievous, by devour- 
ing the Roots of almoft every thing where they 
come, and in fome Grounds they are to be found in 
inch Numbers as is fcarcely credible. 
X have feen, fays Mr. Arderon , whole Clofes of 
fine flourifhing Grafs, in Summer-time, become wi- 
ther'd, dry, and as brittle as Hay in a few Weeks* 
by this Vermin's eating off the Roots; in doing 
which they are fo dextrous, that many Yards of this 
wither’d Grafs might be rolled up in one Piece, all 
the Fibres thafifaften'd it to the Ground being gnaw'd 
away. 
Clofes 
