Mifoeltaneous Difcoveries 
with a Sting, which the Animal ufes only 
when provoked ; but then a poifonous Li¬ 
quor is conveyed by it into the Wound, oc- 
cafioning Pain and Swelling. The whole 
Body is cafed over with a Sort of Armour, fo 
hard as fcarce to be penetrated by a Lancet, 
and thick fet with fhining whitifh Briflles. 
The Legs, &c. are alfo covered with Hairs, 
but much fmaller and of a darker Colour. 
Upon opening an Ant-Hilly we fhall lee 
them carrying in their Mouths, and fecuring 
with great Solicitude, fmali whitifh Bodies, 
ufually called their Eggs. Thefe, however, 
are not Eggs, hxxtAntsin their Aurelia State, 
each encompaffed with an Integument of its 
own fpinning. We might have conje&ured 
this from their Largenefs in Proportion to a 
perfeB Ant $ but 'the Microfcope fully proves 
it, by difcovering to us their real Eggs , of 
an oblong oval Figure, about the Size of a 
Grain of Sand * : ninety whereof would not 
extend the Length of an Inch, nor an hun¬ 
dred and feventy be equal in Bignefs to one 
of thefe Aurelia inclofed in its Cafe. Thefe 
minute Eggs produce Maggots , which, after 
a Time, fpin themfelves Coverings, become 
Aurelias , and then Ants . The Parents Af¬ 
fection for their Young in th & Aurelia State 
is fo ftropg, that when Danger threatens 
they infiantly run away with them, and will 
# VkLLexuwen. K-eg, Soc. ySeht. 16S7. 
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