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tur. Exaratx fibrx ira ixiiplicantur * ut rctc confurgar. Anfint vaforum produ&ioi 

 ncsancarncxfibrx* imcrdum dubiravi, cjuoniam tamen non abliinilcmftrufturitn 

 in quibufdam pifcibus » quibus mcmbraiin iiifuiir Pulmones , cjuin 3; ipiis Tcfl udini- 



bus rcpcrii , ideo carncos mufculos cllc ccnfco , qualcs in urinaria vclica extant. Ac* 



ic intus contcnto turgct t codcmquecxpreflodctumcfcirad animalii libitum ;imd£ 



non parum ovorum exaetioni inter minis, & feminisinniafculiscaincomcrrc ra* 



tioni confonum vidctur. Ncc probabile eft » vcficam banc cundem fortiri ufum cum 



TCltculis* quas in Pifcibus paifim obfefvaiuus;ctenimpapilioncspcdibu5folohx- 

 rentes corpot is molcm urgent. 



Inter cnarrata hucufquc vifecra graciles Omtnti produftioncs Iocanhir ; hx vftc!- 

 linum refcrunccoIorcinj&cuinoiiiQttcicoi'baHurpingucduic , dctaciliobfcuran- 

 cur. 



CAfUu interior compages, ob fui cxiguuatem&friabilit3tcm>nonundcquaque 

 mihi pacuit. Hocunum obfervavi, antennas intcnoreiucraniicavitatcinfubtrcbi^is 

 rotundis rruncis, feu radicibus , qui in iiyli-formibusproccflibusoccurrcntibusim- 

 plantantur & forte carncislibrisproipforummotucontinuantur. RvliquumOanii 

 rcplet Opncus ntrrus per tranfverfum du&us ; cincrci coloris > 6c cylindri figuram te* 

 nensi in medio tamen parum anguftatus ncdmir Spmdli wifttoikdeorfumprodu- 

 ftx. Hie ncrvus ad Kafinioculor«m>iuiexpanltoucextcrioremtunicain,haiicquc 

 nicram confikuir ; intcriorcin paritcr quad argenrca , uUcrius proinit : Rcliquos hu- 

 morcs non Jicuic in totum aflcqui ob exiguicatcm. DUucidior tamen Opfrriltruftura 

 in grandioribus Got tit obfervatur , qui tacilius vobis prxllo clfc pofluoc > & > ut re- 

 or > jam a vcftra fjgaciratc cxaininati lucrum. 



Scd longa forte Papilionispartimiihiftoriavostxdioaffcc^undcrcliquumcjuf- 

 dem vitx » quod , nifallor, Bombycis ultimum eft fcnium > compendio couiplcttar, 

 Papilioncs illicoacluccm adepti funt, coiruintenrant; nammafculusincurvata cor- 

 poris cxtrcmitatc cclcrrinicprogreditur&rcgrcdituri donee in prehenfam fceini* 

 namcxtrcmamatvum, ubiproprium locator pudendum, vibret, & illito raptaro 

 fecminx Vulvam unguibus & aculeis ad fc trahit, libiquc jungit; prommenim 

 membranx* anum ambicntis, partem ita unguibus rarahit T ut urriufquc avcrfi 

 corporis cxtrcma fc contingant: Mox peneni cxcrit>cjaculatur»imraquc puden- 

 dum fccmincumcondit> & tunc contralto corpore alas per vices quatit > &capitc 

 . ipfo Ixtabundu* annucrr vMetnr Placuir rditcrt alarum fueccflivos i^us ditiunic- 

 ■ rare, &fxniusin ipfo coitu continuatim fumma cum ecleiitatc centum & triginta 

 & ultra proiiitci quibus pcraflis conquiefcit quafi mortuus , vcl i conju«io fepara- 

 tus per horx quadranton jacct^ itcruni rcalliimpio coiiu folitum alarum motum 

 edit* longc tamen minus, cumlxpcnoncxccdant triginta fcx idus: i quibus fc- 

 riatur, hilaritatcm tamen adhuc fcrvat > credastcncndoalas; quo tempore fcBind- 

 la t longato corporc » humiquc deiniilb venue & dcjefib alis jacct , man tamen ad- 

 Wi intciim cxcutiit auieds. «uain alarum rauci fubfequuntur mo 



hue junfla. Hora interim excurnt quieus, quJ 



i pauct 



tin, Dunt bxc clwrca quatuor dicium fpatio^ in fine tamtnotia longiora lunr. 

 Tranfuilto pnmo biduo iulci» mulicKSiphi/cpararc, & fpontc eiiam iotodum 



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