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T exhibit one of the largeft kinds of Walps, 
and another uncommon kind in fig. 11. ibid. 
to thefe I have finally added, fig. xiv. xv. fome 
Wafps of the fmalleft kind. I have more than 
once obferved, that the Wafps carry the mat- 
sa whereof they make their nefts upon their 
egs, 
In this order I rank alfo the Pfeudopheca; 
which we ufually fee produced out of a Chry- 
falis, which is underftood to be corrupted or 
rotten: I preferve twenty kinds of thefe in 
my collection. Hoefnagel has given us deli- 
neations of twenty-four ; Goedaert likewife 
defcribed a few. We may properly infert this 
kind of Fly in our fourth order, as will ap- 
pear when we come to that part. 
Among the Pfeudophece which we keep, 
isthe Mufca Trifeta, or Three-Hair-Tailed-Fly 
of Mouffet, whereof I preferve four kinds, 
I have reprefented one of them in Tab. XXVI. 
fig. xr11. and fome {maller ones, in Tab. 
XLIV. and XLV. I preferve alfo, amongtt 
the faid Pfeudophece, the Mufca Unifeta, 
or Single-Hair-Fly of Mouffet, indeed two 
{pecies thereof, together with the Worm and 
Nymph ; the Chryfalis, which afforded thefe, 
is likewife in my mufeum, from which, when 
rotten, this Fly has its origin. I preferve alfo 
feveral other exotic and more uncommon kinds 
of Pfeudophece, of which I fhall have an 
opportunity to {peak in my particular obfer- 
vations. 
To this third order, we likewife refer the 
infect, called by Goedaert, Devorator, or the 
Devourer. This is that {pecies of Pfeudophece, 
which kills Spiders, and may therefore be 
properly called the Ichneumon Wafp. This 
Watp feems to be fomewhat of the like dif- 
pofition with the Mufca Lupus, or Wolf-Fly ; 
for as the former grinds or breaks her food 
with her teeth, this latter pierces it with her 
aculeus. 
I likewife keep in my mufeum the Flies 
called Panopes, which are deftructive of 
grapes, and may properly enough be referred 
to the genus of Pfeudophece. I have found 
from obfervation, that thefe Flies are not in- 
variably difpofed to one kind of food, but 
will, when they cannot meet with grapes, 
fatiate themfelves with any other food they 
can find. 
Next follow the Hornets: I preferve two 
fpecies of thefe, together with the web, which 
their Worms form; I can alfo exhibit their 
Nymphs, and the cafes wherein they enclofe 
thofe Nymphs. ‘Thefe creatures are fo vora- 
cious, that if they are cut through the middle 
they will not quit their food, and if that be 
fluid, I have feen them eat while it ran out 
of the wound ; this I have often experienced 
with a little honey. We exhibit the largeft 
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{pecies of Hornets in Tab. XXVI. fig. 1x. and — 1 ftre 
the true knowledge of thefe things; but I 
_muft add that it happened unfortunately, that 
one of their cellsin Tab. XXIII. fig. xv. 
The humble Bee alfo belongs to this order, 
whereof there are eight fpecies, among which 
I preferve the exotic one with purple wings. 
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In the figures of Hoefnagel there are likewite 
found eight fpecies. Goedaert has alfo de- 
{cribed the Worm of the humble Bee kind. 
I have reprefented the neft of one of them in 
Tab. XXVI. fig. 1. and afterwards one of the 
Bees of the middle fize in fig. x11. 
Further, I afcribe the Gnat to this order; 
this creature is produced in the water, as will 
be {hewn in its particular hiftory; this it 
might be proper to fubjoin immediately to the 
treatife of Bees; but‘as the Nymph of the 
Rhinoceros Beetle, on account of its remark- 
able bignefs and peculiar ftru@ture, throws 
great light on the fyftem of this order, we 
fhall firft give a defeription thereof. 
The Mufca Chryfopis, or Golden Eye, I 
preferve alfo in my collection, and have two 
diftinét {pecies thereof. Goedaert has like- 
wife defcribed two fpecies of this elegant 
infect. “Bits 
I likewife have the Mufca Florilega, or 
Flower Fly,which is black, and a great enemy 
to young flowers; whole armies of this kind 
fometimes inftantaneoufly poffefs fields and 
gardens. They are faid to come out of the 
water, which I fhould the more eafily allow, 
becaufe I know a great many kinds of infects, 
which, after having been in the water fome- 
time, fly out of it at once; thus myriads of 
the Libelle, or Dragon-Flies, fly together, at 
one and the fame time, out of the water, as 
do likewife Gnats, Ephemeri, and many other 
{pecies. On obferving this, many have erro- 
neoufly perfuaded themfelves that thefe in- 
fe&ts are produced in the air itfelf. But it is 
particularly worthy of obfervation, that the 
Ephemerus always dies a little after its birth ; 
whereas, on the contrary, other infects remain 
a long time on the earth alive: the reafons of 
which difference we have affigned in our ob= 
fervations on the hiftory of the Ephemerus. 
I likewife preferve the Fly that is like the 
Butterfly kind, and the Scorpion-Fly, male 
and female ; as alfo the Wolf-Fly, of which 
I have five fpecies. The carnivorous Fly, called 
the Czfar, is alfo to be found in my mufeum. 
I can likewife exhibit fourteen {pecies of the 
common Flies, and twenty-four {pecies of the 
more uncommon kind; fome of thefe have 
wings adorned as it were with the figures of 
ferpents, fome diftinguifhed with fafcie or 
wreaths, fome with {pots, and others with 
grooves or furrows, fome of them alfo have 
the belly and breaft varioufly painted with red, 
green, yellow and gold. We fee delineated in 
the figures of Hoefnagel, twenty-five fpecies 
of the common, and thirty {pecies of very rare, 
Flies; and the induftrious Goedaert has left us 
the figures of forty-eight f{pecies of Flies. 
Hence, when I confider the great diligence of 
that naturalift, I cannot fufficiently admire, 
that he has been always fo much a ftranger to 
his thoughts were committed to writing by 
others; who, mixing their own chimerical 
notions 
