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it will be proper to fhew on what Prefumptions it 
is grounded 9 which may heft* be underftood by a 
particular Defcription of their Nature and Fro~ 
grefs. 
If towards the Middle of June^ or later, you o- 
pen a Female Nymph, and take out the young 
Ant, you will, befides the other Parts, obferve on 
each Side of its Breaft a frnall white Foliage of 
Wings. As foon as the Fly comes to Life, it ex-? 
pands thefe Wings in the fame manner as Palmer 
or Silkworm Papilio’s do upon leaving their Tex¬ 
tures. 
The * large Ant Fly, at the jfirft Expanfion of 
its Wings, is extreamly tender. It varies in Size 
and Colour, according to the Settlement in which 
it was bred. 
The large Flies of the common Yellow Ant 
Colonies are in their Infancy of a light Bay, but 
in a fhort Time they turn to a more brown Com¬ 
plexion. If you examine their StrufSiure, they will 
appear in all Refpedts, excepting the Wings, for** 
med like the Queen. Their Head, like hers, is 
The Hill Ant Flies often appear in May. 
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