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 , cNticmorum corporls quod tcnuius erat , &: alterius vixo£lavam 

 „p.Mtcm crairitudine arquabat fcmpcr aptatum invcni caput ( (i 

 „ moJo capicc donarl hujusmodi vcrmcs dici poHlnt.) Quin etiam 

 „ ob(crvavi, in cunclls hlicc lumbricis aliquantum longis , arti- 

 „culos caplti proxlmos breviorcs clTc articuh*s caudar viclnls; 

 5, cccnlm In hujus gcncris lumbrico 24. pcdcs longo, quem pe- 

 „ ncs mc habco , qulnquc prxrer propter rupcrlores arilcull \m- 

 „ciam iongl iunt , Infcrlorcs vcro (cu poltcriores arrlcuJi un- 

 „ciam loneltudlne {Ingull iupcrant. 



„ Ac in qulbusd..m Lumbricis , a me in canum vlfcerlbus in- 

 „ventls, 30. vcl 40, imo Inccrdum quinquaginta artlculi vcl 

 „annuli, caplti proxlmi unclam taiitum longi omnes crant,ver- 

 „ sus caudam vcro fcx fcptemve , im6 allquando trcs duntaxat 

 „annuii, eandem aequabant menfuram , annuli itaque ifti a ca- 

 ., pirc ad caudam proccdcndo , & longlorcs & latlores (enfim 

 „ ficri (blcnr. Scd adverrcndum eft eorumdcm annulorum , prouc 

 „vel contrahumur vel exrcnduntur , dlmeniioncm muluuii va- 

 „ riarc , prxfcrtlm in lumbricls vlvcntlbus. Ncc minor etiam cft 

 „dt^crcntla Inter fingulos ho(ce articulos, in varlis vcrmium Iil:o- 

 „rum generibus , corum cnlm non unum genus eiTc puto. Iii 

 „ plcrlfque magnitudlne fcnfim gradatlmque augefcunt artlculi; 

 „ in qiiibusdam vero rcs allo modo fc habcr. Ita in multls lum- 

 „biici lati frunis , a quodam, Londinl nunc vcrfanre , cxcrccls, 

 „ duas , trcs quaiuorvc {a) ulnas longis , eandcm fcrc ubiquc ar- 

 „ ticulorum omnlum longicudincm ciTc obfervavi, fed in hifcc fru- 

 „ ftis nec lumbrlci caput nec caudam fuiirc puto. In qulbusdam 

 „ctiam latls lumbricis , orijicid illa , qua^ totidem ora efTc mihi 

 „vidcntur, in fmgulorum annulorum mcdio limbo fita crant, in 

 „ in aliis vero In mcdia parce plana , propc articulorum commiiru- 

 „ ram , occurrebant. 



„ In nonnullis , larcra , qua partc articulus fuperior inferlorcm 

 „fupcrfcandit , xqua, planavc erant, in alils ftriata , in aliis can- 

 „ dcm magnae quzdara promlnentlx fcrrsc formam utrlquc lum- 

 „brlci limbo dabanr. 



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•C « ] Virgas. Vtri(\ ai4tem An»Uca trespedes , vel trigtntafsx pollices, lon^it ej. 



