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crassioribus striis donatus, undatim depictus. List. H. C. 1. 3, %. 200? — Q. 

 Musculus triquetrus albus minor cancellatus. — 10. Balanus compressus albus, 

 6 fissuris, sulcatus. — 11. Patella foraminosa minor, striis ex albo rubroque al- 

 ternis. — 12. Vermiculus, circumflexus albicans, superne striatus. — 13. Nerita 

 bidens fasciis sulcatis, ex albedine nigroque striata, clavicula productiore. — 



14. Concha. Venerea media castanei coloris, utroque capite bimaculato. — 



15. Buccinum persicum parvum, striatum, fiiscum, ore trimaculato. — 1 6. Buc- 

 cinum dentatum lasve subrufum, fasciis intersectis sive maculatis depictum. List. 

 IL C. 1. 4, Sect. 11, fig. 41. — 17- Buccinum bilingue majus, tenue, ex rufo 

 nebulatum muricatum. List. H. C. 1. 4, Sect. 12, fig. 17- — 18. Buccinum ros- 

 tratum fasciis elatis ore crispo. — IQ. Buccinum nodis ornatum, costis iisdem 

 alatis, ore crispo et aspero. — 20. Buccinum recurvirostrum ventricosum, labro 

 pulvinato, variegatum striatum, magnis praeterea sulcis ad claviculam donatum. 

 List. H. C. 1. 4, Sect. 15, fig. D. 57. Turbo auritusMuricatus Bonan, p. 132, 

 fig. D. et V. To the shells we add our small warted Barbadoes sea egg. — 

 21. Echinus Ovarius Barbad. verrucis plurimis minoribus, Mus. Petiver. 123. 

 We come now to the vegetables, &c. viz. — 22. Chamassyce frutescens elatior 

 floribus comosis. — 23. Chaem£esyce frutescens humilior floribus comosis. — 24. 

 Soldanella Malabarica cordato folio, Mus. Petiver. 08. Convolvulus maritimus 

 majore folio Chinensis Pluk. Tab. 24. Fig. 5. Marinus Catharticus folio 

 rotundo, Plum. p. 89. Fig. 104. — 25. Ketmia faetida flore luleo fundo purpureo. 

 — 26. Festuca junceis foliis, spica minus sparsa, aristis trifidis, an Gramen 

 Avenaceum panicula minus sparsa, cujus singula grana 3 aristas longissimas 

 habent SL. Jam. 35, pi. 5? — 27. Corallium album minus conglomeratum. — 

 28. Spongia globosa reticulata coralloides. — 29. Terra spongiosa nigricans, 

 carbonibus exustis persimilis. — 30. Glareola maritima perlata. 



On the Animalcula in Semine Humano , &c. By Mr. Leuwenhoeck. N° 255, p. 301 . 



An author in the Republic of Letters, speaking about the small animals in the 

 seed of the male, says, Besides these, we discovered some small animals, of 

 the same shape as are in pools in the month of May, Sec. like the spawn of 

 frogs in small waters ; and this body hardly exceeds the size of a small corn- 

 grain, the tail being four or five times as large as the body. These move them- 

 selves with a strange quickness, &c. and make, with the beating of their tails, 

 small bubbles, which they draw along. How should we have believed, that a 

 human body was locked up in them, &c. Yet we have seen it to be so ; for 

 on contemplating every thing with great attention, one appeared somewhat 

 larger, &c. that had pulled off" its skin, wherein it was locked up. This showed 

 clearly the two naked thighs, the legs, the breast, the arms, &c. the skin 



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