LATOrvUM LUMBRICORUM Cap.xill. 215 

 5,crnirioiqiic crar, ncc, diim cxliccarcrur , dinphana cv.ifit, fcd 

 jjfplcndcns &: tiima rcmanfir , coiorcmque vcliiri Canneum adcp- 

 „t.j c(l. Hlc aiucm vcrmis agiiircr ^ conrrahcbatur & vicifiun 

 „clongabarur, quolibct inccifliclo, fcuaiinulo, vicinum arnuluni 

 „ fubcanrc , quia nlmiiuin fupcrior fingulorum annulorum pars 

 „infciiore anguOior crar , undc pars infcrior fcq.-Lnrcm fubjc- 

 j, clumquc anaulum facilc intra ic rccipcrc porerar ; iiicquc alium, 

 „&: lic dcznccps. Annuli vcio ifti plaiii cranr, non rotundi , I-t- 

 „vcs, fplcndciucs , ncc , ut Cucurbitini vermcs, mollcs. Ncc 

 ^criam in iplis, artcntc coniidciatis, ullam Ltcralcm prominen- 

 „tiam, in mcdio foratam, qualcs in Cucurbitinis confpiciuntur, 

 5, obfcrvare potui. Hujus autcm vcrmis tiicile diilingucbatur ca- 

 „ put, ipfumquc os , minimis quibufdnm dcntlbus rccurvis muni- 

 „ tum. Supctius vcro hinc indc alTuigcbant globuli duo, quos tunc 

 „ oculos clTc putavii (cd , eotcmpore, in prima juventutc adhuc 

 •5, vcifatus, qux neccfTarra fuiflcnt expcrimcnta , ut cercior fupcr 

 „hac rc fiercm , omnia non fcci. Porro in advcrfariis meis no- 

 ,, tatura invenio , mc , tunc tcmporis , annulos prsediclos a fc in- 

 ,,viccm, abfque ccrum Jaccrationc, fcparare non potiuffe i cavi- 

 „tatcmque obfcrvalfc cundis idis anniilis communcm, feu lon- 

 „gumquempiara alimcntorum canalem, annulos eosdem, om- 

 „ncsa (ummo ad imum , trajicicntcm , qualem ca:tcri lumbrici 

 „habcnt. Quin alia ctiam vafa, ccnfusc tum cbfcrvavi , in fingu- 

 „lis annulis , &: fccundiim longitudincm varic difcurrcntia , led 

 „adc6 tcnuia, ut fcire non pctucrim quilham eorum cfTct ufus. 

 3, Vafa ha:c gcneratioiiis operi infcrvicntia forfan crantiforfan &c 

 „ ccrcmdcm pars aiiud prxflabat cfficium i quale quid in lumbri'» 

 „cis humani corporis teretibus, hujufmodi vafis pariier inftruclis, 

 „obfcrvatur, ut vidcrc efi: api d ClariiTimum Rcdi,&: infra Trf/'.^. 

 „ Cartcrum vcrmis a me confpcdi cauda in fubtilc acumcn dcfi- 

 „ncbar, fcd infima fui partc fat crafTa , fcu lata , obiufaque, erar. 

 Hxc Vallifncrius. Ejufdemquoquc Tqniar meniioncm injicic 

 DoclifrimusMorgrgni , hisveibsj [4] „ Etfi vcrb ita ego fcntio, 

 „Iatos plcrumquc Lurabricos aut non vefos , aut non fimplices 



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