again, as fopn as the fouth.wind* w^icji firft: brought ‘,tKem,ttfêts
in again.
: G. .Linnæîïs,.in:Kis..Fauria Suecica,. p.- 32,6/ takes- notice pf a
fcrt p£iFlies, which arecYery corùmôii’ in Finmâïk : Nigra‘:efr,
oeuli rubent, fub his linea alba, abdoffien nigro & incarno ^têlîe-
latiim j ; Ihorax tribus -canis lineis'. differt a . præcedente, quod
dimidio minor, quod non uti prior fub volatu bombps edat, quod
non ita putrida quærat, quodque aliter generetur, So'la îâïàgni-
tudo in facie éxterna diftinâaïn reddit, Vix eandem ipecierti cre?
derem. In Finmarchia Norvegxæ intêgràs domos rere replet *.
§ E C T, X..
Wood-lice. , ' Wood-lice are common here as! in other places j a ,well-kabWn
plague, and particularly... if they have their .origin in fir-wood,
pf whiçhc moft houles are built 5 but'which trfees, faecbM'mg*vto
their, kinds, yield them oriiot, .(for there ' is“ 1 a* difference)^- the
fâràers ean diftinguilh whether they will fwarm,, âs loon-as "-they
gUt into, the wood«' n
Fleas. A fort ofhxrall black'Infers, called Frolk,,- aie lèen fh[Norway,
hopping about in thegrafs like Fleasij- and there- are • alfo feme
other nearly of the lame fhape?t but not leaping - or jumping ;
thefe laft keep upon hhe leaves of-feveral trees, and are-in, .the
beginning green/.but ’ are ; afterwards of a ’reddilh* - White : thefe
find ’ thpir.fcdd there,' and *they .curioufly carve. and pie reel the
leases ofefeveral trees, and curl and roll them up, to 'put their
furry web. between the..two membranes.,:;and lay their eggs.i i
Bcefles. > Beetles, Skarn Bailer, called here Tordivêler, are 'nk ilevera!
forts j- ; and amongft them we" have fome, which, from their horned
head's, are called Fly vende, Flying-ftags, or Stag-horn’d Beetles :
thefe are, found in- the woods, and particularly on oak-trees,^arid
fcrvej with other.Inlèâs, for food for birds.’ ‘i
Ants. gg Ants.jŸe.have of two: forts,, with and without wings, and we
have a red, as well as a dark brown one :•‘they are found here in
the fir-woods in vaft quantities |j. ' There is is fometimes found
•T h e fpecies thus deferibed by Linnæus is no otfier than our common Houfe-fly.
f This-fort is mentioned by JoLSuammerdam, in Hift. Infeftor. p. 104, ifeqilSpilfe
names fix large, 32 middling, and 127. fmaller fpecies 5;,but fuch a detail concerning
the Norwegian: kinds in particular, is hot^tp be expefted here, either of thefe or|dther
Infefts, tho’ I-could wilh fomebody elfe would undertake, it j perhaps there might be
^found a great. rmny fpecies it) Norway, unknown to other places.
|| Some are o f opinion, that the wings are only the diffinftion of the he-kind.
Mares) àlatos di'xi, foeminâs maximas pennatas, neutras minim as impennes. Neutra
cohabitant per annum, aceryolque exftruunt. Mares & foeminas quam .primum
prodeunt générant ôvaque deponunt. Mox his peraftis, exgelluntur ambo a neutris.
C. Linnaeus F anna Suec. p. 306,, ' J f
xn
in Ant-hillocks what is called N'brlk-Vxrak, which is: btit little?
inferior to the oriental -Vefiris $ ? this- the Ant gathers 'from the
refinous meiftiire that*-tuxis frim th# fir-trees-, and feparat-es it
with its feet • it th^tbfiftins^ft, ;afd i h ^ c ^ s t it r& Ibifgj
that it becomes9miwell-fceftted refin, of - which; I : can; ;lhow'.a:
Specimen.
1 VS E 'G T. f XI.
Of the Infe&$ which dbdong !to \the. element? of. Abater, -there
might, withixiic^examinatioh, I .am tperfkadedj; be found many
grange and unknown pfor what dixs.ey«5y{withouit'tsouble or xmietF
deamination can djfcdyer^ ale mot near fo many as? aire found by’
mferoferopes, and from their1 minutenefs efcape the naked' j'&ye.|
One ought tp b.e provided with . exceeding- good magnifying
glailgs,; ,or’xfuiorpftbpeSji' if: png . wbuldxawke -Sxfcbs’ei^snpf -.this
kind.
; ’What-Ijicail remember to have particularly remarked, in regard
to Water-Infe&s, worlihy^ctliobfervatiQn, and any !waysufofol? is;
fionfined to 'thefo^fel^wiing.lciiicls...; i
Firft, the little round Bk^tleri-fthjs-ixs finall and black, round- as’water-
a ball,.; arid hhsia;Jittfehilt narrow tail 5 horfes and cows are oft&h **'
}iurt by fwallowing this kind in their wafer. -
r We haye‘'si:ifQ Su extraordinary.,: and btherwifeto me- .unknown
Irifeft, larger than an E’ar-wjg,: arid fomething’ Hke it, but very.
’two eroolge<±! horns bending
towards each ’other,; whteh open and fhut like a pair' of pincers ;
and which I, fpr^ant pf a known name, will call Kniber, -tilf:
$ with thefe ^Weapfes' it& dlttlei
ariimal; dheg d.eal 'of - rnifehief to the fmall filh; A friend
of mine, that>has:a,cQ]xhtry.-honfe a 1x^1^--way from townty and^
©ear to itfa;■ gpod:;fiIh-pondj .Iffures me,, that this frltle Infe£t
annually .dpftrpysr of fifh there, -particularly of:
his-ryoung carp’ ^ cthe ‘ breed of which, at a ; great expence, he
fead. imported- fromvGermany : he had no luck in attempting to
breed them; for not only ithe fpawni, but the young ones, -are
deftroyed when they -are rgrown; to fome bignefs *. Almoft the
fame inconveniencyf;;is caufed by a fort of Water-Fleas with long W*ter-Fie».
legs P; they wih fh'oof.and leap about upon the water, and then
£uck ; ,and with their fharp, tho’ fubtil minute trunk, fting the
ii{h, and fuck their blood jmut they don’t keep it long, for, like
r A-This ^orra bf. pne.of the large Libellse, o.r Dragon-flies, . . ; - \
P art. II. O the