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jygurami. Obfervavi ramen vaforum convoliitione«; iHias in omni- 

 3, bjs vermlbus pares non inveniri ; hx liquidem , in quiburdam, 

 „ plures , in aliis , pauciores occurrunc, &c, hoc , vei iilo loco, 

 jjConfpicu^ funr. 



„ Vermium eorundem fubtiliflimum ell: Caput , capitis formam 

 3, nec ipfum habens, fed conum potiiis ref^rcns, cjuem parvulus 

 „ambic circulus, tcnlx unguls humani partis latiiudinem aliquan- 

 „ tum fuperans , minutifljmifque fibris, & ipfis circularibas, con- 

 „ftans , ac denfis illis > quibus vermium iftorum corpus totum con- 

 3, texitur , annulis fuperpofitus. FiJe TabuU lo. Figuram l. i. litt. a. a. 

 j, Pbrro caput iftud , digitis prefibm , e limbo interiore defcripti 

 5, circulitres emitticprominencias (ubrotundas , optime inter fe di- 

 5jftind.as, veluti tres monticulos, quorum fingulorum fuperficies, 

 3,cum fibi invicem omni ex parce contigu^ efie , nifi in parvulo 

 3, angulo , propter form^e fuse difpofitionem , nequeanc , mcdia 

 „ qusedam inde emergic inter ipfos triingularis cavicas , in cujus 

 3, centro foramcn cernitur , lumbrici ofculum , oefophagique prin- 

 ,)Cipium, conftiruens ; quod ipfum fiftula qua:dam parva eft , ^o^ 

 5> ras forfitan (q.(c exerens, vel, pro vcrmis iubicu , inao retra- 

 3jhens, prouc ipfe cibum forbere, vel non forbere, vulc. Atque, 

 „meaquidem fententia, in fiftulic hujufce, trianguiaris caviratis 

 3,centrum occupantis, ftruclura omne confiftlt artificium quo ver- 

 5, mes ifti& valide fbrbere, &, more hirudinum, quarura eadem' 

 3,fere eft oris difpofitio, inteftinis firmiter adh^rcfcere, poirun^. 

 „Vide ofculum iftud, microfcopio auclum , &, quam optimefieri 

 „potuic , dclineatum , prout a fronce infpcdum apparec, in Ta- 

 ,,buLi 10. Figura^; quale veroalacere, in verme quodamejufdem 

 „ fpeciei , a me infpeclum eft , microfcopio neutiquam audum , 

 5,in TabffU ejufiem Figftra^.lit. a. 



„Circulus, velfafcia, cingens &: diftinguens, ut fupcrius ob- 

 „fervatameft, conftituenfque forfan caput , duobus in locis, 

 „diametraliter oppoficis, fulcatur ftriis , feu fafciolis, quibufdam, 

 4,-qu3c me anxium inccrtumque , circa ipfiirum ufum , diu te- 

 „ nucrunt ; fed tandem, rc attente matureque confiderata, fie- 

 „ ri pofTc putavi ut ha: pulmonares cfTenc Tracheic, quas eviden- 



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