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HALF HOUES WITH INSECTS. 



[Packard. 



Ticks are gigantic mites. The smallei* mites are in some 

 rare cases found even in the veins and arteries of Aarious 

 birds. Among the mites belong the itch mite, and an allied 



Fig. G8. 



Fig. C9. 



Tick, and s!x-legged young. 



form, the Acaropsis Ilerfcourti, was found in the pimples on 

 the skin of a French officer who had been in Havana, Cuba, 

 and was afflicted with an exanthematous eruption. M. Tan- 

 no. 70. clou, who figures the mite, thinks that it is a kind 

 peculiar to this exanthema. We haA'e seen a simi- 

 VC^ lar, though probably different mite taken from the 

 ^ nose of a person in New Orleans. We might before 

 leaving this subject draw attention to the accompa- 

 nying figure of a long slender mite (Fig. 70, Demo- 

 dex folUcidorwii) sometimes found in the follicles 

 of the face. 



But there is a brighter side to the picture. In- 

 sects are not all leagued together to destroy our com- 

 fort and rob our pockets. There is the honey bee, 

 one of our domestic animals ; if well treated, patient and 

 kind, ceaselessly at work for our benefit. Ilcr life is a con- 

 stant lesson of thrift and industry. Thanks to Messrs. 



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Demodex. 



