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232 Of the Wings g/Tnfe&s. 
The lamellated Antennae of fome, thg 
clavellated of others, the Topknots or Tufts 
like Dandelion Seeds, the branched, the fea* 
thered, and divers other Forms of Horns of 
* . 
the Beetle , Butterfly, Moth, Gnat, and many 
Kinds befide, are furprizingly beautiful 
when viewed thro’ a Microfcope. And in 
fome thefe Antennae difiinguifh the Sexes : 
for in the Gnat-kind all thofe with Tufts, 
Feathers, or Brufh-horns (of which there 
are great Varieties), are Males : thofe with 
fhort fingle-mafted Horns are Females . 
CHAP. XXXVIII. 
Of the Wings of Insects. 
T HERE is fuch infinite Variety in the 
Contexture, Formation, Difpofition, 
and Ornaments of the Wings of Infers, ac¬ 
cording to their different Wants and Ways of 
Life, that nothing but a curious Obfervation 
can make us have any true Conception of it. 
Some Wings are filmy, as thofe of Dragon- 
Flies', others are fluck over with fhort Brifi* 
ties, as in Flefh-flies: fome are Films cover¬ 
ed with fhort Feathers, like the Tiles of a 
Houfe, as in Butterflies and Moths; others 
have divided Wings, as the grey and white 
6 feathered 
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