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plants in Carolina; and at laft difcovered 3 or 4 mi- 
nute dead flies with white wings : thefe I moiftened 
in weak fpirit of wine, and examining them in the 
Microfcope, I difcovered their bodies to be of a bright 
red colour, which convinced me of their being the 
true male Cochineal infedt: to be confirmed in my 
opinion I immediately communicated my difcovery 
to Dr. Garden, which I accompanied with an exadt 
Microfcopical drawing, and defired he would fend 
me fome account of their ceconomy, with fome male 
infedts of his own colleding, which he was fo kind 
to do laft fpring with fome obiervations on them, 
which are as follows. 
“ In Auguft 1759 I catched a male Cochineal 
« fly and examined it in your aquatic Microfcope. 
tc It is feldom a male is met with, I imagine theie 
tc may be 150 or 200 females for one male. The 
« male is a very adtive creature and well made, but 
« flender in comparifon of the females, who are much 
<£ larger and more fhapelefs, and feemingly lazy, 
“ torpid, and inadtive. They appear geneially io 
<c overgrown that their eyes and mouth, are quite 
<c f un k in their rugs or wrinkles, nay their antennae 
<< and legs are almoft covered by them, and are io 
<c impeded in their motions from thefe fwellings 
<c about the infertions of their legs, that they fcarce 
« can move them, much lefs move themfelves. 
“ The male’s head is very diftindt from the neck, 
“ the neck is much fmaller than the head and much 
« more fo than the body. The Thorax is elliptical 
“ and fomething longer than the head and neck to- 
te aether, and flattifh underneath: from the front 
« there arife two long antennas (much longer than 
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