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by. the overflowing of the fap of the leaf, 
occafioiied by the fly having pierced it, for 
the purpofe of depofiting there its eggs. — 
Sometimes, inftead of tire cynips, a large 
infeft proceeds from the gall, and which is 
called an ichneumon. '1 his latter infedl: is 
not the real inmate of the gall ; he is a para- 
fite, whofe mother depofited her egg in the 
yet tender gall ; and, when hatched, pro- 
duces a larva, that devours the larva found 
there of the cynips. Of this genus, there 
is a fpecies which caufes the galls of which 
the Norway ink is made. 
Genus VIII. 
^ API S.—The BEE. 
X^HESE infeds are divided into feveral 
fpecies, which are diflinguilhed from each 
other, by genius, talent, manner, and dif- 
•pofltion. Some live in fociety, and lhare the 
toils : others dwell, and work, in folitude, 
building the cradles of their families, as the 
leaf-cutter bee does, with a role leaf; the 
upholllerer, with the gaudy tapertry of the 
corn-rofe ; the mafon-bee, with plaller ; 
and the wood-piercer, with faw-duft. But 
all, in general, are employed, in their little 
kingdom, with providing for their pofterity, 
and 
