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llie BOT, whofe ,refidence feems fixed in the 

 Jtomachy and in the interftices or folds, of which 

 the eggs are faid to have been difcovered, upon 

 diilediion, is not at all unlike (in fliape and 

 make) the earth grub worm, fo fingularly 

 remarkable for its deftrudive havock upon the 

 roots of the ftrawberries, in large plantations, 

 in the early part of the feafon, particularly in 

 dry fprings. They are furniihed not only with 

 a complete pair of prominent tufks, that grow 

 horizontally from the head, having great power 

 of compreffion, and exceedingly fharp at the 

 point, but an infinity of legs fo minutely fine, 

 that even a momentary infpedtion will inftantly 

 remove every degree of furprife at their caufing 

 fuch excruciating pain upon a part fo exqui- 

 fitely irritable as the nervous coat with which 

 the internal membrane of the ftomxach is mcfl 

 delicately covered. 



The fecond fort are feen frequently adhering 

 to the redlum, or internal part of the fundament, 

 in the adion of voiding the excrements y and 

 are often forced away v/ith the contents. To 

 give the reader a conception of thefe perfedly 

 clear, it is impoffible to communicate or re- 

 ceive a flronger idea than a formation diredly 

 2 midway 



