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whence, after fame Time longer* they iiTue 
perfeCt Flies. 
It would be endlefs to enumerate the dif¬ 
ferent Sorts of Flies which may continually 
be met with in the Meadows, Woods, and 
Gardens j and impoffible to defcribe their 
various Plumes and Decorations, furpafiing 
all the Magnificence and Luxury of Drefs 
in the Courts of the greateft Princes. Every 
curious Obferver will find them out himfelf* 
and, with Amazement and Adoration, lift 
up his Eyes from the Creature to the 
Creator* 
CHAP. XXXIV, 
Of the Weevil, or Corn-Beetle* 
P"'g i H E Weevil and the Wolf are two 
1 Kinds of fmall InfeCts that do Abun¬ 
dance of Mifchief to many Sorts of-Grain* 
by eating into them and devouring all their 
Subftance. 
The Weevil is fomewhat bigger than a 
large Loufe of the Scarab Kind* with two 
pretty jointed tufted Horns* and a Trunk 
or Piercer projecting from the Fore-part of 
its Head. At the End of the Trunk (which 
is very long in Proportion to its Body), are a 
Sort of Forceps or {harp Teeth, wherewith 
it gnaws its Way into the Heart of the 
j Q^jz Grain* 
