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A new and accurate system of natural history .. . ^Ae /i^r^i-/7y .A/^7^v/f^^^V. 77. U/t<i^P/amlCmyf/i O F I N S E C T S. 187 the belly, on each ring, there is a brown fpot, andthe reft is grey ; the eyes are of a very fine green. GNATS in general, have a longiih body, nearlyin the fhapeof a cylinder, and itconfiils of eight rings.The corllet, though fhort, is confiderable for its fize,and to this the legs and wings are connefted, befidesthe two ballances or mallets. There are alfo fourmarks, placed much in the fame manner as otherFlies ; for the two firft of which are pretty near thehead. W

A new and accurate system of natural history .. . ^Ae /i^r^i-/7y .A/^7^v/f^^^V. 77. U/t<i^P/amlCmyf/i O F I N S E C T S. 187 the belly, on each ring, there is a brown fpot, andthe reft is grey ; the eyes are of a very fine green. GNATS in general, have a longiih body, nearlyin the fhapeof a cylinder, and itconfiils of eight rings.The corllet, though fhort, is confiderable for its fize,and to this the legs and wings are connefted, befidesthe two ballances or mallets. There are alfo fourmarks, placed much in the fame manner as otherFlies ; for the two firft of which are pretty near thehead. W Stock Photo

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A new and accurate system of natural history .. . ^Ae /i^r^i-/7y .A/^7^v/f^^^V. 77. U/t<i^P/amlCmyf/i O F I N S E C T S. 187 the belly, on each ring, there is a brown fpot, andthe reft is grey ; the eyes are of a very fine green. GNATS in general, have a longiih body, nearlyin the fhapeof a cylinder, and itconfiils of eight rings.The corllet, though fhort, is confiderable for its fize, and to this the legs and wings are connefted, befidesthe two ballances or mallets. There are alfo fourmarks, placed much in the fame manner as otherFlies ; for the two firft of which are pretty near thehead. When the Gnat is at reft, it generally keepsone of its wings crofted over the other, fo as to coverit. The feelers are finer in the males, than in thefemales, and in feveral kinds, there are two fmalllongifh bodies on the head, of a round ftiape, whiclihave feme refemblance to the feelers of fhort bodiedFlies. Reaumur calls them Barbs, becaufe the trunk ofthe Gnat is placed underneath them. The trunk ofthe Gnat is a very fine inftrument, and is differentfrom that of the Flie, for

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