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pibture thereof, painted from the life in its natural 
colours, and alfo of the young female juft crept from 
the egg, both in their natural dze, and as magnified 
by glades; together with a drawing and defcription 
of the polygonum minus of Cafper Bauhine, or 
fcleranthus perennis of Linnaeus, which is the plant, 
adhering to the roots of which, this infebt is chiefly 
found inPodolia and the Ukrain. 
All thefe Mr. Baker takes the liberty to lay before 
the Royal Society, to compleat Dr. Wolfe’s account 
of this infebt ; and as this plant is common in Eng- 
land, as well as the Potentiila and Fragraria, at the 
roots of which thefe infebts are likewile found, he is in 
hopes, that fuch gentlemen, as have opportunity, will 
feek them in the months of June, July and Auguft; 
the time they feek for, and collebt, them in the above- 
mentioned countries. The curious will receive 
pleafure and information from comparing the male 
dyof this Polifh Cochineal, with the male fly of the 
Cochineal of South America ; communicated fome 
time ago by Mr. John Ellis, Fellow of this Society, 
and publifhed in the Tranfabtions, Vol. LII. p. 664. 
Tab. VIII. Fig. 1. The Polifh Cochineal male 
infebt, juft come out of the egg, of its natural dze*. 
Fig. 2. The fame magnided. 
Fig. 3. The female infebt, juft crept out of the 
egg, of the natural dze. Its colour a brownidi crimfon. 
Fig. 4. The fame magnided. 
Fig. 5. Polygonum minus IV tum C. Bauh. or, Scle- 
ranthus perennis calycibus clauds, Linnaei. 
* The body and head of this beautiful little fly have feveral teints 
of a brownilh crimfon : the wings are white and tranfparent, except 
the darker parts in the plate, which are of a lively crimfon colour. 
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