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,m the (Estri and Cuterebrse of various Animals. 
matter by words to convey a notion of the precise sound he gives; but as 
nearly as I can express it by letters of the alphabet, I will endeavour to do so. 
It commences by a forcible whispering shrill sound, the air passing through the 
almost closed lips, in pronouncing the following letters, pt—pth—ung, con¬ 
cluding with the more sonorous uiig, prolonged for some time. I am, there¬ 
fore, now most fully induced to believe in the accuracy of the Mantuan bard, 
w io was, I doubt not, practically acquainted with these things, and for which 
property of accuracy he has been particularly and justly celebrated.” 
We may also further observe, that there cannot well be any very painful inflic¬ 
tion, as the fly has really no instrument fitted for such a purpose, the feminine 
ovipositor being a mere tube, made of flexible materials, piece inserted within 
piece, exactly as in the common telescope. However, it is possible on its 
reaching the cuticle or skin of the beast, which is always highly sensitive in 
these hairy animals, that it might produce a degree of uneasy tickling, which, 
added to the noise, and perhaps an instinctive fear also impressed upon them’ 
is altogether sufficient for the extraordinary alarm we see. 
In the same page, insert as a note on Tanagri, “ ex rdraypoc, i. e. locus hu- 
midus .” Heder. Lexicon. 
At page 7, after naturalists, insert, “ Pliny has also noticed the (Estri, and 
has recommended for protecting animals from their attacks, to anoint them 
well with oils and fats.” 
At page 8, after “ Bots," insert, “The acute and witty author of Hudibras 
also has not let slip the manners of this singular race of flies: he says of 
them, following Pliny, though obviously in mistake, 
I he learned write, an insect breeze 
Is but a mongrel prince of bees.’ ’’—Part iii. c. 2. 
At page 14, after “ Modeer,” insert, “ This last writer it was who first added 
a new species to the Linnean enumeration of them. His account appears in 
the ‘Acta Suecica/ tom. vii. p. 125, and the species is introduced to our notice 
under the name of CEstrus Trompe. What the specific name alludes to I can 
hardly tell* but I have of late been led to doubt that this fly might be no 
Since writing the above, on casually inspecting the 'Fauna Suecica’ of Linmeus, I believe that I have 
found the so ution of the mystery as to the name, Trompe. At p. 429 of that work. No. 1722 under 
CEstrus nasahs, he writes “ Lappts, trompe .” It is, therefore, clearly the vernacular name given it by 
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