LATORUM LUMBRICORUM Cap.VL 83 

 „patcbir. Porio vcrmium iftoruni cortice fublato , ipforumquo- 

 „ c]ue intcranca Juftravi; atquc oculojcntc adjuto, inter cetcra, 

 ^obfcrvavi numcrum infinitum ovorum , e minutiilimis filis, 

 ,, quafi totidcm acini fuifienc , cx raccmo pendcntium. Ho- 

 ,, rum vero acinori ra quiJibct multis aliis acinulis conftabar, qui 

 ,,tamcn omncs ab illo ramo pcndcbant cx quo produccbantur, 

 ,,rcu prolongabantur , totidcm pctioli , acinos iftos nutricntes. 



„ Ac priufquhm folvcre aggrcdcrer longam iftam , uc ita di- 



„ cam , vcrmiformcm catcnam , cam longi cujufdam , uniuf^ 



„ qiic, vcrmis ad inltar» fc fe iu'nc inde moventem & contorqren- 



„ rcm obfcrvavi; ica ut modo contrahcretur, modo excendcrctur, 



„brevior, longiorvc, fubindc apparcns, modo arcuarecur,mo- 



„ do fcipeniinos gyros imicaietur. Intcrim mulicr Hcbraramul- 



„ ros alios fimilcs vcrmcs cxcrcvit , fcd quorum alii foli cfTcnt, alii 



„ira fmiul jundi, ut duo tantum , trcs , quinque , plus minuf- 



„ vc, inviccm coliigati occurrcrcnc. Attcnte autcm obfervavi 



„ horum vcrmium,qui foli vcl foluti, nullique alii vermi adhxrentes 



„cranr nulium, uliatcnus difl-crre ab illis qui , adunati, lon<ram 



„ catcnam , dc qua fiipra , pro uno loiigiflimo verme habitam, 



„ conditucbant, ut, infpedis TabuUz:Figurls 2.5.4.5. patcbit. Hi 



„ vcro aliorum vermium a-m^odv morc , fupra menfam incedebant 5 



„ fibras fciiicct fuas crifpantcs , corpufquc profercntes , modo 



i, fibras eafdcm laxantcs &: producentcs, modo ipfas in arcus 



„formam ficcler.tcs , ut unda levi vento commota. Vbi ipfb- 



,5 rum iiincii obcx quifpiam cccurrcbat , ciccorum more , ad 



„cum oucndcbant; tumquc pars corporis eorum anterior dila- 



„ tabatur, poltcrior coardabatur i ncc, tota corporis molc , ut 



„alib tcndcrcnt , dcxtrorfum vel finiftrorfum convertebantur^ 



„fcd, vcluti cauda in caput mutata, fcu puppi jn proramverfa, 



„ rcnogrcdicbantur , invertcotcs fcilicct fibrarum motum , &: 



„ tam fucilc retroinccdentes , qurm antea progrcdicbantur, quafi 



j, caput in utroque corppris ep^tremo pofitum habuifrent. Eo- 



„dcm prprfus modo progrcdirur Scolopcndra tcrrcflris, quic ipfa 



„ Divo Auguftinoj.Summo Philofopho , cum admiratione , fpc- 



„cla.taefl, quoquo vcrsum nimirum , ut alias in mcis Vhlogfs 



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