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feventeenth Part of an Inch in length. The Male 
Eggs are * of a more brown Complexion, and ufu~ 
all) laid mMarcb^Tht laft, or neutral Eggs, are to 
be feen in July, or Augujl , in fmall Parcels, which 
have the Appearance of a white Subfiance, not 
altogether unlike the Scatterings of fine Sugar or 
Salt. In a Microfcope, or very near a good Eye, 
they may be difcovered to be Affemblages of mi¬ 
nute Eggs. Each of them is diftincf, and clothed 
with a white tranfparent Membrane, is fomewhat 
oblong, and in the middle a little bending. They 
are precifely of the fame Form and Colour as 
thofe you may take from a Queen by DhTe£Hcn. 
We cannot here but refle£t on the feafonable 
Difpofition of the Queen’s layingo As the Female 
Eggs are by far the largeft, and require more 
Time in coming to Maturity, it was proper they 
fhould firfi be depofited. It wasrequifite the Males 
Ihould be contemporary with them, but as their 
Eggs are lefs, fome Diftance of Time is conve¬ 
nient in the laying, which is agreeably ordered. 
The laft Place, in point of Ceremony, as well as? 
Juftnefs, is given to the Workers. 
It may not be improper, to take Notice, with 
how much Sagacity the Ants can diftinguifti the 
% They are confiderably lefs than the female Egg?. 
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