. Travels into North America [microform] : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general : with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects. Natural history; Natural history; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles. New Jerfeyy Raccoon, 139 nen or half-rotten wood, and leaves a fmell of burnt wood. The wafps, whofe iiells I have now defcribed, have three ele- vated black fhining points on the fore- head -f*, and a pentago
. Travels into North America [microform] : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general : with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects. Natural history; Natural history; Sciences naturelles; Sciences naturelles. New Jerfeyy Raccoon, 139 nen or half-rotten wood, and leaves a fmell of burnt wood. The wafps, whofe iiells I have now defcribed, have three ele- vated black fhining points on the fore- head -f*, and a pentagonal black fpot on the thorax. Towards the end of autumn thefe wafps creep into the cavities of moun-. tains, where they ly torpid during winter. In fpring, when the fun begins to ope- rate, they come out during day-time, bu^ return towards night, when it grows jcold. I faw them early in fpring during funfhine, in and about fome cavities in the mountains. I was told of another fpecies of wafps, which make their nefls under ground. Gyrinus natator {Americanus), or the Whirl-beetles. Thefe were found dancing in great numbers on the furface of the w^-^ ters. April iih& 14th. This morning I went down to Chefter: in feveral places on the road are faw-mills, but thofe which I faw to-day had no more than one faw. I like- wife i ' i' 5 f Thefe three points are common to mod: infedls, and ought therefore not to be made charafleridics of any par- ticular fpecies. They are called Stemmatay and are a kind of eyes which ferve the infefls for looking at diftant objefls, as the compound eyes do for obje^s. near 9t%, ]|and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kalm, Pehr, 1716-1779. London : Printed for the editor; and sold by T. Lowndes . ..
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