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ginning, and the latter End of the Week have 
found fcarce any therein : Sometimes they re¬ 
main threeWeeks, or longer, interfperfed with the 
others all over the Cells. 
Amongft other Incidents that tend to leflen 
and deftroy Ant-Flies, it is obfervable that abun¬ 
dance of them are demolifhed by a white and long 
Kind of Worm, which is often met with in their 
Bodies. You may frequently take three from the 
Infides of the large, but feldom more than one from 
a final 1 Ant-Fly. Thefe Worms lie in a fpiral 
Form, and feme of them may be extended Half 
an Inch. 
The general Part of the Workers, or Common 
Ants, dp not transform % ’till the Middle of Au- 
guji , and mo ft Times the Beginning of September » 
The Red Ants are fomewhat earlier, and many of 
them even precede their Flies $ but the main Body 
of moft Colonies generally change in September . 
The Procefs of their Transformation is fimilar to 
the others. They are at firft white, and gradually 
put on their true Complexion. 
* Tliefe obfervations more ftridtly belong to the 
Common Yellow, and fro all Black Species, which alio 
in different Years vary as to the Time of Changing. 
