[193] See above, Vol. I. [358]—.

[194] See above, Vol. I. [Ibid.]

[195] Young's France, ii. 34. This author asserts, that no art will hatch the eggs of the common silk-worms the first year, or that in which they are laid; but that there is a sort brought from Persia, which are hatched three times a year, and which will hatch in fifteen days in the proper heat. In 1765, it is said, the common sort hatched in the first year. Ibid. 226—.

[196] In the N. Dict. d'Hist. Nat. xii. 564. the eggs of the flesh-fly are said to hatch in two hours. This is true I believe in very warm weather.

[197] Brahm. 310.

[198] Rimrod Naturf. xvi. 131.

[199] Fourmis. 69.

[200] De Geer vii. 195.

[201] Ibid. 196.

[202] Reaum. ii. 167.