P. II. fignifies Part the Second. 
A. 
A CARI, or Mites, referred to the firft order. 
page 25. Caufe rottennefsin cheefe, and how? 
Doue. 68 
With what force, and in what manner they leap up, and 
how they difpofe themfelves for that PE eae os 
4> 05 
Their change to the Nymph-ftate haftened, by depri- 
ving them of their food. P. II. 71 
An anatomical defcription of their external and internal 
parts. P. II. 63 65 to 68 
‘Their changes conftant and not liable to chance. P. II. 
75- of a ftrong conftitution. P. Il. 64. The Flies 
which are producued from them. P. II. 72. They lay 
their eggs in cheefe. P. I. 74, 75. How they get 
into the cheefe. P. I. 68. What they do when firft 
produced. P. II. HO GR 
In what manner their wings are expanded. ibid. 
Of their fingular manner of copulating and other parti- 
culars. P. IL. RAs 5 
The female. P. IE. 73. Its vulva and other parts. P. I. 
185 
The male, its external parts. P. II. 72, 73. efticles, 
femen. Ge. P. Ul. 73, 74. The Vermiform Nymph of 
the Acarus referred to the fourth order of changes, P, II. 
35. Why fo called? P. Il. 71. Notanegg, iid. 
In what time it arrives at its maturity. P. II. 72. how 
it is changed to a Fly. Part II. 73, 74. Its external 
parts examined. 7d. 
AIR, more neceflary to the fupport of infe€ts than to large 
animals 13 
Air, the temperature of it, how much it contributes 
to the change of Worms and Butterflies into winged 
infects 173 
ALDER-LEAVES, Worms found in them. A Chry- 
falis and Butterfly foundin one of them. P. II. 87, 88 
AN ANIMAL hid in animal, P. II. 24. The life of 
the one the death of the other. 18 
Animals and vegetables changed in the fame manner. 9 
Animals, the fkin and membranes of them nothing 
more than a complication of veflels of the fame kind. 145 
The divifion of them into perfect and imperfe@ rath. I - 
Their generation does not arife from putrefa@tion, or 
chance, but from the conftant order of nature P. II. 69 
‘Their dead bodies foon deftroyed by Flies. —_P. II. By, 
Their eggs impregnated by the fubtile parts of the feed 
of the male. Dano, 
‘Their membranaceous parts feem to be. nothing but 
blood veffels confolidated. les Wiggs 
The largeft, as well as the fmalleft, produced from 
very minute eggs. 
23 
‘The fmalleft excel the largeft, and why ? I 
Compared together. X 
‘The accretion of the limbs of fanguiferous animals the 
fame as in infects. 
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‘Their generation agrees with the four orders of changes 
of infects. 
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ANTS belong to the third order. 122 
Why it does not grow to the largeft bulk. BE 
‘The fmalleft excel the largeft animals, why ? 2 
Perfect and full grown 128 
Their firft rudiments not lefs than thofe of the largeft 
animals. 
I 
‘Their flow increafe and change, exactly defcribed. 126, 
&c. Their various external changes. Dy 
Their wonderful induftry in bringing up their young. 
129, 130 
The female how it differs from the other Ants. 129, 136 
‘The males how they differ from the other fpecies of 
Ants 122, 129 
Subject to the fame fate with Bees. 19k 
More mild than the female and working Ants 205 
‘The office of the males. f 12g 
The labouring Ants of neither fex. iipig: 
Their parts defcribed. 123 
The Nymph, 126, exactly reprefents the future Ant, 
3, 4. Why the Nymph of the Ant agrees better with 
the Ant than other Nymphs with their proper infe@s, 4 
How it differs from the Ant itfelf, 73. Further particu- 
lars of the Nymph. 126, 127 
Various fpecies of Ants 130 
One from the Eaft-Indies 13k 
A large one brought from the Cape of Good Hope 1x 30 
Common ones found in Holland. ibe 
Five others. tb. 
A fixth. DE 
AUTHOR, his Complaint againft Cafparus Bartholinus. 
Bical Didi 
ASELLUS, or WOOD-LOUSE, referred to the firft 
order of changes. 27, 
Their floughs produce a fermentation with acids, there- 
fore contain an alkaline falt, and may be ufeful in phy- 
fic. Several fpecies of them preferved by the 
author. ay 
One of them, from Iceland, defcribed, ibe 
AURELIA. See Chryfalis. 
B 
BALSAMITA ALTERIA, of Fabius Columna, 2 
a plant which, on being touched, contracts, and its: 
pods burft. exlinat 2c 
BLATTA, byzantine, what? 43. Of Mouffet, gs. 
BEES, belong to the third order of changes, 109. Make 
a noife with their wings when they fly, 167, 217 Whe- 
ther they can hear and fmell, unknown, 214, 215. Their 
being produced from dead carcafes fabulous, 228. Out- 
live the winter, but become motionlefs, P. II. 183. 
Foreknow the inftant of the female or queens breaking 
through the cell to come forth, 187. Can fee in the 
dark, 171. Can difgorge their honey, 173. Which it 
feems they prepare, and do not collect it, 2. From the 
hexogonal form of their eyes their cells are wrongly in- 
ferred to be the fame, 211. They a@ not from judg~ 
ment but impulfe, 170. What time of the year they 
breed, 160. Sometimes they bring perfect wax ta 
their hives, but it is probably ftole, 162. The wax is 
never found fticking to their legs, 208. In what part 
they carry it, 168. In what manner they fee, 171 208. 
In what order they live in the winter, 160. The man- 
ner of their fu€tion, 194. Compared to cruftaceous 
animals, 192. ‘Their love to the males changed to ha~ 
tred, 167. Their eagernefs in collecting honey and 
wax, 161. “The number found in one hive, 160, 232. 
Their care in defending the mouth of it, their habita~ 
tion, 164. Other particulars, 170, 188, 216. 
Parts common to each fpecies, 168. Peculiar parts, 
169. Its appearance when opened on the back,’ TOS. 
Of its fling, 184, 185, 199, 200. The fhanks and: 
fheath of the fling, 184, 186, 199, 200. Its crooked 
claws, 199. Its wings, of their hairs and nerves, and the 
mufcles moving them, 217. OF the brain, 214. The 
legs, 167. The gullet, ftomach, and other parts, 196. 
The {pinal marrow, ib. 214. Mufcles, 193. Of the 
fting, 198. Mutcles Moving the wings and legs, Bie 
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