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One fpecies lays its eggs in the throat of the flag. 
The infedt creeps into the nofe where it finds two 
ifTues ; one of which leads to the frontal finus ; the 
other to two bag’s fituate at the root of the tongue ; 
into which latter it unerringly enters, leaves a num¬ 
ber of eggs, and departs. The grub finds lodging and 
food ; comes after a while out of the ^ {lag’s nofe # 
&c, &c. 
GENUS 2.—TIPULA, CRANE-FLY; 
This is often taken for the gnat, which it refem- 
bles. 
The larger tipuhe go by the name of fempflrefTes*; 
the fmall ones by that of culiciform ; which latter, in 
fine fummer evenings flutter about the water fide in 
legions. 
The fhriil noife they make with their wings is not 
very difcernible. 
Tipulae, before they become inhabitants of the air, 
creep under the form of grubs. Thole which turn 
to larger tipuias, dwell in holes of decayed willows, 
in the dampefl places, where they change into chryla- 
lids, and in that flate have the faculty of breathing 
through two fmall curve horns ; befides which, they 
are endued with progreflive motion, but not retro- 
grefiive, being impeded by little fpines placed on 
every ring of the abdomen. When the fhroud is 
torn, the infeft, prettily apparelled, efcapes from his 
gloomy 
