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beasts, with bodies a third of an inch long, monsters, tlie 

 Culex damnabilis of Eae, with proboscis, "infernali veneno 

 munita" I foresaw that we sliould have opportunities 

 enough to study the natural history of these blood-thirsty 

 creatures to our heart's dicontent. 



OLD RUSSIAN SILVER CROSS. 



