Miscellanies. 



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The Insects maffiiified. 



Choese Mite, magiiilied 

 to the same degree. 



The insects above delineated are some of those collected and sent 

 lo London by Mr. Crosse. We have jolaced an ordinary cheese- 

 mite near them, drawn to the same scale, in order to show the rela- 

 tive size, and the similarity of appearance. Like the mite, the new 

 insects have fine hairs scantily distributed on the body, but these be- 

 came invisible on the immersion of the insect in. the balsam. Their 

 varied positions, the arrangement of their legs, &;c., are owing to 

 their accidental suspension in the balsam, and the subsequent press- 

 ure of the plate of talc upon them. — Mag. Pop. Sci. 



We cannot believe that life and organization have been produced 

 by galvanic power, but would sooner suppose that the ova of the in- 

 sects may have been contained in the materials galvanized or come 

 into them during the process, and that the galvanic power may have 

 quickened them into life, as electricity and animal warmth operate 

 upon eggs. — Ed. Am. Jour. 



4. Fossil Remains of the Elephant, Elephas primigeneus. — Every 

 discovery of these fossils in our country deserves a distinct record 

 by some responsible name. Some account of the following was pub- 

 lished in the public papers, but I believe no notice of them is to be 

 found in this Journal. 



These fossil remains were dug up from a sand bank on the Iron- 

 diquot Creek in the town of Perinton, about ten miles east of this 

 city. 



They consist of a tusk and two teeth of the fossil elephant. The 

 teeth are well preserved. The tusk had decayed for some distance 

 at each end. As it lay in the sand, curved somewhat, it measured 

 ten feet in length, and seven feet of it were removed, but a portion 

 of this length broke into many pieces. The longest piece is tivo feet 



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