A.Short Explanation of th TABLES, 
gg The next pair. 4 The probofcis itfelf. 
zz The firft pair of legs. 
kk Two tranfparent, ftiff little parts, lying 
againft the loweft joints of the firft pair of 
legs. Thefe little parts are not to be found 
as they remain in the fkin it fheds on 
quitting the Nymph ftate. 
1] The fecond pair of legs. 
mm The wings. nn The blade bones. 
oo The laft pair of legs. 
pp The abdominal rings. 
g The hinder parts of the body. 
projects a little in this place. 
vr ‘Two little parts accompanying the fting. 
s The anus. 
The fting 
BAG. (X 
The diftribution of the pulmonary tubes through 
the wings, as they appear through the micro- 
fee. 
a The origin of the wings, where the pulmo- 
nary tubes are biggeit. 
6 Ramifications and mutual anaftomofes or 
inofculations of the faid tubes through the 
wing. | 
e The extremities of the faid tubes. 
Tg Be Oe Va. 
EaeG. ol. 
The nefs or habitation of the Humble Bees. 
a One part of the neft, containing eighteen 
cells, 6 Another part, containing eight cells. 
c A cell quite empty, and open. 
d An irregular bit of wax placed againft one of 
the cells, in which I found fix eggs. 
e An irregular bit of wax placed againft one of 
the cells, in which I found twenty-three eges. 
g Apart of thelittle cells that contained worms. 
6 A little Worm extracted from its cell, juft 
_ as it wason the point of becoming a nymph. 
z A large Worm of that kind, of which I 
found two in a cell that was {hut up. 
& A larger Worm, found by itfelf in one of 
the cells. 
‘Z A cell divided into two parts, in one of which 
IT found two fmaller Worms, and in the 
other two, a little bigger. 
m A little worm of that kind, of which I 
found three in one cell. 
nm A little Worm of that kind, of which I 
found four in one cell, 
o The eggs of thefe infets faftened or glewed 
by one of their ends, to the furface againft 
which the parent lays them, 
le ome 8M 
Exhibiting the Lupus Alvearius, or Beehive 
Wolf, and the particulars of its biftory, 
a The Vermicle, or Worm called the Bechive 
Wolf, by thofe who feed them, 
KXiX 
6 A Butterfly of a pale’ gray, refembling a 
moth, from which the Beehive Worm 
iffues ; after which it lays among{t-the ho- 
| mey-combs, 
cc A hollow tubulated web, which the Worm 
Lupus, or Beehive Wolf, forms, andin 
which it runs about here and there, as in fo 
many burrows. we 
d A fmaller Butterfly, producing a fmaller 
kind of Beehive Wolf. 
é¢ The web, which on the outfide appears 
- rough and uneven with the Infe@’s or 
Worm’s excrements, and coritains the Bee- 
hive Wolf-Worm, now full grown, and on 
the point of performing its mutation. 
f The Chryfalis or Aurelia, into which ‘the 
Beehive Wolf Worm is changed. 
FIG. Il. 
The little Worm found in the Nefis of Wild 
Bees, and its mutations. 
a The Worm itfelf. with fix feet, and of a 
reddifh colour. 
6 The Nymph, into which the faid Worra 
afterwards changes. 
c A beautiful Beetle, which, within the 
{pace of a year, iflues from the faid Nymph, 
fo as to make it plainly appear that neither 
the Nymph nor the Worm belonged to the 
tribe of Bees. 
8 15G. 21. 
Another fpecies of Wild Bees, reprefented a little 
bigger than nature. 
BT Ge Va 
A third fpecies of Wild Bee. 
| EuIsGs iVi. 
A fourth fpecies of Wild Bee, having very long 
and very thick antenne or horns, 
PF PG.c° VIE 
A fifth fpecies of Wild Bee; 
! Br In.G.o, VET. | 
AA fixth fpecies of Wild Bee. 
F dG) 1X: 
MA Hornet. 
aa@ The Infeé’s four wings. | 
56 The two fharp nails with which the extre« 
mity of each lee is armed. : 
¢ The head, with its eyes in the form of a 
crefcent, horns, probofcis, and teeth, 
d@ Its formidable fting. — 
Bil Gi 
4 Wap of a middling fixe. 
E Func, 
