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production before you ; but it came from the Eaft' 
Indies. 1 here is likewile from the Weft Indies, in 
its perfedt or winged ftate, the infeeft, of which this- 
production is believed to be the nympha. [Vid. Tab. 
XXIII.J 
I am with all poflible regard. 
Gentlemen, 
Your moft obedient humble fervant, 
Lincoln’s-Inn Fields, 
Nov. 15, 1763. 
William Watfon. 
XLV. An Attempt to explain a Punic In- 
fer ipt ion , lately difeovered in the IJland of 
Malta. In a Letter to the Reverend Thomas. 
Birch, I). D. Secret. R. S. from the Reve- 
rend John Swinton, B. D . of Chrift- 
Church, Oxon. F. R. S. a?id Member of the 
Etrufcan Academy of Cortona in Tufcany. 
Good Sir, 
Read Nov. 24, "T Received fome months lince from the 
l/ A Honourable Mr. Lyttelton of Chrift- 
Church, fon to the Right Honourable the Lord Lyt- 
telton, a copy of a Punic infefiption, lately difeovered 
in the illand of Malta, fent me from Rome by Sig. 
Abate Venuti, antiquary to the Pope, and a gentle- 
man of profound erudition. This copy was inclofed 
in a letter to the Right Reverend the Lord Bilhop of 
Carlille, 
