lo CONTEMPLATIO ANIMALIUM. 



amphibiis perfectiores , & prrjter ea lurinqiie feptem cor- 

 pora, ad interiora lumine parvo patentia , quodque lumeii 

 ope tubuli communicat cum foramine exteriore, & quisque 



Pulmone in facculo rubro inclufus. In Rajis foramina 



cxteriora correfpondent interioribus multo majoribus , hsec 

 Lamellis adnexa , Pulmonum officio fungentia , in Tetrodonts , 

 Diodonte, Baliflide extus branchias , intus Pulmonesvidic 



C. GoRDON. Pifces Branchiales Pulraone carent , {qA 



Branchia;, lamellata; eorum loco funt inllar plum^e calami 

 fcriptorii , quceque plumula , bilamellata, & ha^Iamellre ope 

 m.embrana? arcui ofieo junguntur. Infectis omnibus foramina 

 refpiratoria , in Larvis, Nymphisque vifibilia, fed in per- 

 fefto animali magis abfcondita, vidit eos lamen CC.Basin, 

 vidit ceb. Baro de Geer, Bonnettus, vidi & ego in Pa- 

 pilione Jo, Brajfca, Sefoftri ^ Hippoly^o , fphinge AtropOy 

 galii , (clotho) & in puicerrima fefia Eryce. 



Mirandum hoc SyH-ema in Infeflis inimitabili modo de- 

 pinxlt artificioflimus Lyonnet. Erucas five larvas, Papi- 

 lionis refpirare, docuerunt Reaumurii aliorumque Experimen- 

 ta, fed an refpirent chryfalides tentamina Musschenbroe- 

 Kii, Martinetti, Bonetti nondum plane evincunt; quas- 

 dam refpirare, certo tempore, fed lentisfiime, egocredoex 

 quibusdam , qua: de ea re inHitui experimenta. 



In Molufcis meclianifmus Refpirationis longe aliter; in 

 Laplyfia Pulmones liberi fub fcuto dorfali , Branchiis Pifcium 

 adfmes, ope Aortce defcendentis cum Corde commimicant; Do- 

 Ris argo Pulmones prope aniim in dorfo pofleriore pofitos 

 contrahere valet. Aphrodiie acuieata fimpliciorem adhuc 

 oculo prcjbet fabricam , celeb Pallas enim fub quaque fqua- 

 mula, qua; fub dorfali tegmine latet, vidit Brancbiarum ru- 

 dimenta pectinulorum infiar. & ego vidi hi\}c rudimenta bi- 

 lamellata , atque Bastero olira oilendi, hsc rudimenta in bi- 

 lamellaiis facculis ha:rent. 



In Balano , vidi plumulas non modo notas , fed & Pro- 

 bofcidem longam , infaccum iatis amplum abeuhtem. Bran- 

 chias odrearum atque Mytilorum, Chamarum, refpirationi 

 infervire nullus dubito. 



Sic a?que ac Syfiema vafculofum , fenfim fimpliciusfit, re^ 

 fpiratorimn Quadrupedius ex vafis, veficulis glandulisque 



coii- 



