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CHAP. YIL 
0 / the Transformation of the feveral Aurelia's 
to Flies and Common Ants . A Defcription of 
their different S truffiure^ Duration^ and 
fome other Curiofities , relating to this 
A S the Red Ants are not concealed in any 
difcernible Texture, they are beft adapted 
for Gbfervation of the gradual Procefs of the Au¬ 
relia State, But we may, with little Trouble and 
Carefulnefs in opening, equally gratify our Curioflty 
from any of the reft. 
After a Weeks Time, or more, you may be¬ 
gin to difcover in a Nymph the outlines of a Ri¬ 
ling Ant. The Head with its Ornaments, and the 
Legs regularly placed, firft: make theirAppearance. 
In a few Days after, you will find the compleat 
Form of an Ant, but extreamly white, except the 
Eyes, which feem like fo many Particles of Orange- 
Peel upon a White Ground.There is fuch a nice 
Attendance required, that it is imppflible fo exactly 
to defcribe the Metamorphofis of Ant-Nymphs as 
2 might 
