442 CHERMRS. 



Both in their larva and chryfalid ftate, many of the 

 chermes eject from the anus a white faccharine fubilance 

 refembling manna : within the hollow balls formed by 

 the box leaves, there are fm^ill foft grains of this fub- 

 ftance depofited ; and in that flate it is frequently feen 

 ifluing from the anus of the infed that dwells there f. 



f Barbut's Gen. Med. p. 15:. 



