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226 Of the pearled Eyes 0/Tnfedts. 
Its Appearance when transformed into a 
Moth is feen Fig. XIII. b . 
Old Corn is lefs fubjedt to thefe devouring 
Infedts than Corn that is new ; for its Skin 
being more hard and dry it is much more 
difficult for the little Maggots when firlt 
hatched to penetrate 
CHAP. XXXVI. 
Of the pearled Eyes of ^ Insects. 
T H E Eyes of InfeBs are amazing Pieces 
of Mechanifm, whofe Structure and 
Difpofiiion, without the Affidance of the 
Microfcope, would for ever have been un¬ 
known to us.— Beetles, Dragon-flies, Bees, 
Wafps, Ants, common Flies, Butterflies, and 
many other InfeBs, have two Crefcents, or 
immoveable Caps, compobng the greated 
Part of the Head, and containing a prodi¬ 
gious Number of little Hemifpheres or round 
Protuberances , placed with the utmod Re¬ 
gularity and Exadtnefs in Lines eroding each 
other, and refembling Lattice-work. Thefe 
* I call this Jnfe£lthe Wolfi. rom the Latin Name Lupus ; 
given, I fuppofe, for its Voracioufnefs. 
f Vide Spectacle de la Nature, Dial. VIII. Hook’s Microg . 
p. 108. Lee uw. Arc . Nat . Tom. III. Part. II. p. 41. Again, 
p. 424. Derham’s Phyf TbeeL 364. 
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