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to be made of a very different fubftance; what that is, and the 
manner in which they are made, remains ftill to be difcovered. 
Explanation of the figures. Tab. VI. 
,, A piece of lac on a fmall branch of Mimofa cinerea, 
natural fize. , k 
2 . The outfide of the top of a cell, with its three openings ; 
the white one with the hairs is ftill unopened. 
3. One of the utriculi for the male flies, with its two necks, 
which correfpond with the two upper apertures in fig. 2. 
4. One of the eggs found in the utriculus, fig. 3 ’ which 
produces the male flies. 
t. The male fly in its perfect ftate. 
6. Small comprefled dry grains, found in the celluke with 
the male flies. The laft five figures are all much magnified. 
A fmall bit of a branch of Mimofa cinerea, with the 
female in lefts in their pupa ftate, natural fize. 
8. One of the eggs which produce the female larva. They 
are always in that portion of the cell from whence the larva 
iflfues. 
9. The female larva, 
jo. — pupa. 
with the lid opening, and the in fed 
•protruding. 
12. The female fly in its complete ftate. 
The laft five figures are much magnified. 
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