102 | The BOOK of 
more evidently confpicuous in the Fullo-Beetle, 
whofe female is delineated in Mouffet; but it 
wants thofe ornaments, which are found in 
many fpecies of infects, peculiar to the males, 
wherein they are more beautiful than the fe- 
males. 
The Worms here defcribed feed on birds 
Of certain Worms which 
“OBSERV 
i Preferve feveral fpecies of tubes in which 
Worms live *; but I fhall not, in this place, 
defcribe them all. The firft which There ex- 
hibit is formed by a Worm, refembling a Ca- 
terpillar; which makes, Tab. XLV. Fig. xxxv. 
a pyramidal tube or pipe for itfelf, to which 
it afterwards faftens, for greater firmnefs, vari- 
ous little parts, bitten off from plants and leaves 
N A UE UR E>; or; 
feathers, and therefore do a great deal of mif- 
chief. They are found in feveral places in 
Holland, and may be reckoned among the 
fecond fpecies of Worms that gnaw fleth clean 
from bones; and therefore are very proper to 
prepare fine fkeletons. : 
le in little tubes or cells. 
AMEE Oe ey 
of trees; fo that the furface of the tube re- 
fembles thofe chequered works, with which 
the doors of armories-and caftles were former- 
ly adorned: and with this beautiful cell: the 
Worm walks and goes about, till it is changed 
into a winged creature, being difengaged then 
from the burthen of its houfe and bed, which 
it was hitherto obliged to carry. 
OB S.E ROY Al TO. NN. aii. 
HE tube, whofe figure [here add, Fig. 
xxxvi. to the former, is not lefs beau- 
tiful or artificial in its ftru@ture. I found it 
in the falt water, on the coaft of the German 
fea. It is inhabited by a tender Worm with- 
out feet, having many gold-coloured briftly 
hairs in the fore part of its head; by the help 
of which it can gnaw innumerable grains of 
fand, and join them fo accurately together, 
that even the moft nice artifts muft be afto- 
nifhed at it, The inner furface of this tubu- 
lated and’ pyramidal cylinder is fmooth and 
equal; but the external part is, on the con- 
trary, uneven. ‘This difference proceeds from 
hence, that the creature can turn all the plain 
and polifhed furfaces of the fand inward, and 
leave the angulated and rough furfaces on the 
outfide. The figure, by which I reprefent this 
tube, exhibits only the third part of its natural 
fize: it could not be all delineated otherwife, 
for want of room in the plate. Ihave not yet 
obferved what kind of metamorphofis this in- 
fect undergoes. 
It merits great confideration, what kind of 
faliva or glutinous moifture that is, by which 
this Worm can faften the grains of fand toge- 
ther in fuch a manner, that the whole con- 
texture dries and hardens in the falt water. I 
muft ingenuoufly confefs, I am doubtful in 
this as well as many other matters; fince I can 
by no means conceive how this piece of art is 
executed. Ihave obferved, that many other 
aquatic infects alfo frame a web or covering, 
under the water; the thread whereof hardens 
in the midit of the fluid, in the fame manner 
as the Silkworm-webs in the air. 
In regard to the other aquatic infects, I have 
obferved, that fome of them form their cells 
of fmall fragments of ftones; others of larger 
pieces joined together; fome of {nail-fhells, 
which they have gathered up and faftened to- 
gether; others again are made of pieces of 
rufhes, various parts of plants, wood, and 
other materials: nay, I have feen fome, which, 
when they were preparing for their change 
into tne winged ftate, could weave very heavy 
ftones into their cells, and fortify them, as it 
were, with a lattice-work of mafonry. They 
dived to the bottom of the water by this 
means, and, being there free from all danger, 
they changed and renewed their bodies. God 
is therefore admirable, wherever he is mani- 
fefted: he hath reprefented his omnipotence 
and wifdom in all his creatures; therefore, let 
him only be honoured and glorified to all eter- 
nity. ’ 
The End of the Hiftory of Infeéts that inhabit fruits, tubercles, leaves, and the like. 
* The name by which this kind of infec is generally called, at this time, is Tinea Campeftris, the Field Moth. Reaumer, who 
gave them this name, obferves, that their origin an 
d manner of life are the fame with thofe of the common Cloaths Moths; the 
only difference being, that thefe feed upon moift, the other upon dry food, 
A par- 
