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it appears to us more characleriftic of the creature, which mould 

 have a lengthened articulated tail, terminated in a fharp crooked 

 fting, to warrant us in placing it among the Scorpions. In the 

 fyftem of Fabricius this forms no part of his generical character, 

 but thofe who are accuftomed to depend only on the writings of 

 Linnasus, would be perplexed to reconcile the apparent difference 

 between the Phalangia of that author, and the Scorpio of Fabricius. 



The general appearance of this creature, except the want of tail, 

 is precifelv that of a Scorpion in miniature. 



Mr. Adams, in his EiTay on the Microfcope, has figured and de- 

 fcribed a new fpecies of this genus ; it is fmaller, and differs in 

 form from our prefent fpecies : he calls it the Lobfter Infect, We 

 believe Phalangium Cancroides is the largeft Infect of the genus found 

 in England that refembles a Scorpion. - » 



This Infect is fometimes found in the covers of old books, in 

 rotten wood, and other damp and decayed fubflances. We once 

 found it fattened on the body of the MufcaVomitoria, Common Flefti 

 Fly, from which it could not be extricated without killing and tear- 

 ing the fly into pieces. 



Roefel has given a figure of it, and reprefented a parcel of its 

 eggs. They are of an oblong form, colour greenifh, and appear 

 to be depofited in roundifh clufters of about thirty or forty eggs in 

 each. 



The natural fize of our Infect is reprefented at Fig I. 



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