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HYME NOPTERA. 
In Switzerland, ants are made ufeful by hanging 
a pouch full upon a tree (the foot fo fmeered with 
clay or fo'ft pitch that they cannot efcape) thus com¬ 
pelling them to devour the caterpillars. 
What are fold for ants eggs are grubs newly hatched, 
Gf which pheafants, partridges, and nightingales are 
fond. 
GENUS 10.—MUTILA. 
\ Muiilla Euro pee a, 
Thefe beautiful infefls are inhabitants of the ground, 
and to be met with under the mofs, more efpecially 
when there is a hollow fpace between the mofs and 
the earth. 
They are deferibed as making a moft beautiful ap¬ 
pearance on turning up the earth. They are fwift in 
motion ; their wings fhine like pearl ; fome are with¬ 
out wings ; and they appear to live in fociety like the 
ants. 
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