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angered it holds up its head, and the two fore feet, and feems to bé 
blind. It is about as long and as thick as a man’s finger, and has a 
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few hairs feattered over the back and fides: the back is black, and . 
the belly and fides of a roundifh yellow colour: the body confifts of 
fourteen joints, and there is a furrow on each, that runs along the 
whole length of the body ; it has a black hardifh head, and a forked 
fetrated mouth, with which it lays hold of any thing, as with, nippers. 
It has fixteen feet; in the fame manner as moft Caterpillars, and is 
doubtlefs of a poifonous nature. : 
The Sphondyle, called in the North of England an Andever, and in 
the fouth a Wurl Worm, is as long and as thick as a man’s little fin- 
ger, has a red head, but the reft of the body is white, unlefs on the 
upper part, where it is blackifh. It does a great deal of mifchief in 
gardens and orchards, for it gnaws the bark off the fruit trees it will 
alfo eat the roots of the wild cucumber, the wild vine, bifthwort, cen- — 
tory, and other plants, which no other infect will touch. The next 
year after hatched it turns into a May Beetle, which feeds upon the 
‘ roots of trees, even of the poifonous forts, and cavfes them to wither 
away ; which when the gardiners perceive, they dig about them, and 
take them out to kill them. Théy do molt mifchief in April and May. 
Thefe Wormis are of different forts; for forme are in the fhape of a 
trofs, of a whitith afi colour, and a blackifh head; but when they are 
touched; they fold themfelves up like a ball, or rather like a wheel that 
women make ufe of in fpinning. Another of this fort is of a red co- 
lour, and was found two feét deep in the ground; it had a very black 
head, a forked mouth, a yéllowifh red neck, a fcarlet back, and the 
fix fore feet of a reddifh colour; but the belly, and the relt of the bo- 
dy, were quite yellow, only on each fide there were eight reddifh {pecks. 
It is as long as a man’s middle finger, and in the fummer it changes 
to a Flie. : : 
Another of this kind has a fhining thick body, which from the mid- 
le of the back to the tail, is of a blueifh colour, but the fore part is 
greyifh, and it has a yellow head and feet, with a reddifh forked mouth. 
It ftirs its body in an odd manner, like the motion of waves, without 
changing its place, and then it feems to alter it colour. While it re- 
mains in the earth it is all over whitifh, but when it is angered, it ap- 
peats to be livid. This is much in the fame fhape as the former, only 
it rolls itfelf up. From this worm, a very large Flie proceeds, with © 
four wings. a te ae : 
There is another infeé of this kiad, found at the roots of onions, 
and is miuch of the fame fhape as the former, with a green head, four- 
téen feet, and a horned whitifh green tail. The body is variegated 
with green, yellow; and murrey colour. It is called by fome the Onion 
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