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It may not be amifs to annex a few remark¬ 
able Curiofities that refult from this Change. 
The calling of their Wings Is an Inftance pe¬ 
culiar to the large Ant-Flies. T hefe are to other 
Infefts their higheft Decorations, and the Want of 
them Mens their Beauty, and fbortens their Life. 
On the reverfe, a large Ant-Fly gains by the Lofs, 
and is afterwards promoted to a Throne 5 and 
drops thefe external Ornaments, as Emblems of too 
much Levity for a Sovereign. 
The Tranfmutation of the Common Ants from 
the Aurelia-State is likewife very fingular. All 
other Infe£ts change from Nymphs to Flies, and 
are furnifned with a Pair of Wings, or more, ac¬ 
cording to their Structure and Manner of Living ; 
but the Workers have no Occafion, and therefore 
are not fupplied with any. In which Refpedt they 
are perhaps an Exception to all other Infects that 
undergo the Aurelia-State. 
In the Month of July, a Colony of Ants is re- 
pleniftied with a furprizing Diverfity of Particulars. 
It is at once embelliihed with a Queen, and great 
Numbers of Attendants; with feveral Parcels of 
Eggs; three Sorts and many different Sizes of 
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