Of A N T S. 
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CHAR VI. 
Of the c Tranfmutation or Change of Ant 
Vermicles to Nymphs or Aurelia s ; a De¬ 
fer ip t ion of that State •, and a remarkable 
Variation in the Red Ants. 
4 
T Owards April of the Second Year, after the 
Ant-Worms have continued the preceed- 
ing Winter inactive, they begin vifibly to aug¬ 
ment every Day. The Workers are now in full 
Employment. Each Moment is laid out in the 
Education of the Young. And with fuch Affidui- 
ty do they maintain their Care, that by the End 
of Maji raoft of the Male and Female Worms* 
are fit for a Second Metamorphofis, or their 
Change to Nymphs. 
The Nymph, or Aurelia State, is a turn peculi¬ 
ar to the Race of Infers ; and is that Period which 
they pafs in a kind of Sepulchre, and Appearance 
of Death, between their being Worms and Flies 
or compleat Infe&s. They are called * Nymphs in 
allufion to Brides, becaufe when they leave this 
* From vvppYj, a Bride, 
State^ 
