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A bottle with five centapees & a Scorpion in Spirit

Une mouche noire a 2 ailes parties transparente fort curieuse de cette province [Pennsylvania]
Trans.: A black fly with two transparent wings very curious of this province [Pennsylvania]

Un scarabée capricorne blanc avec des rayes canelles de la baye de Honduras
Trans.: A white capricorn scarab with cinnamon rays from the Bay of Honduras

Two Boxes of Butterflies from Jamaica

Un Sauterelle à ailes noires bordées de jaune de Catesby T. 2 p. 89
Trans.: A grasshopper with black wings edged with yellow by Catesby T. 2 p. 89

Des Scorpions de la baye de Honduras
Trans.: Scorpions of the Bay of Honduras

Un Scarabée cornu comme celui de caroline du isles de Bahama
Trans.: A horned scarab like that of Carolina from the Bahama Islands

Two curious insects in Spirit

Horn of a beetle

A wasp nest of the size of an apple, fastend to a twig

A curious hornet's nest from Surinam

Une grand cigale de cette province [Pennsylvania]
Trans.: A large cicada from this province [Pennsylvania]

A horse wasp of this province [Pennsylvania]

A very large phalena or moth, measuring wings extended 6 1/2 inches