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Parallaxinrr riullam fenfibilem, etfi pluries inten 
taverim, deprehendere potuij proindeque maxima 
ejus diftantia a terra credenda eft. 
Ha&enus Illuftrifiimus Dominus Francifcus Bian - 
chini in Mathematicis Scientiis apprime eruditus,< 3 t in 
obfervando, quoad noverim, accuratiffimus. EjuS 
obfervatio a noft'ra, mea fcilicet, ac Prioris Dominici 
CapaJJi vix in uno aut alterominuto quoad latitudinem 
difcrepavit, casterum omnino conformis. Quapropter 
nec illam hie arbitror apponendam. 
IV. Obj creations about Wafps, and the Difference 
of their Sexes. Dy the (Reverend Mr. Derhair?, 
F. Ff 5. Fn bendary of Wind for. 
I N the Beginning of July laft 1723. having fre- 
quent occafion to be on the Top of our Collegiate 
Chapel in Windfor Cajlle , J ohferved many JVafps fly^ 
ing about it, and particularly frequenting a Covering 
of Deal Boards, and thePiecesof l imber lying on the 
Leads. I took notice that moftof thefe Wafps were 
of a larger fort than ufual, and thought they came 
thither to gnaw the Wood, and to carry it away in 
Mouthfuls to build their Nefts ^ the Artifice of which 
I have taken notice of in my Phyf.Theol. particular- 
ly b. 4 . ch. 11. note 2 1. and chap. 13. not, 12. But 
having caught fome of them, and amongft the reft a 
large Qneen-Wafp (which fort of Wafp, by the by, 
never engages in any Labours of the Colony) I be- 
gan to be more ftricl in my Obfervations, and on Ju- 
ly 6 , I obferved a Clufter of only three Wafps clofely 
embracing each other j one of which was a large Fe- 
male 
