I<i6 APTERA. 



a bunch or bag of eggs, which swell to the 

 bigness of a small pea or tare, and give great 

 pain till taken out; to perform which great care 

 is required for fear of breaking the bag, which 

 endangers a mortification, and the loss of a leg, 

 and sometimes of life itself. This insect in its 

 natural size is not above a fourth part so big 

 as the common flea. From the mouth issues 

 a hollow tube like that of the common flea, be- 

 tween a pair of antennae. It has six jointed 

 legs, and something resembling a tail. The 

 egg is so small as to be scarcely discerned by 

 the naked eye. These Chigoes are a nuisance 

 to most parts of America between the tro- 

 pics." 



The feet and legs are particularly liable to 

 the attacks of this insect. It generally gets 

 under the nails of the toes, where it lays its 

 eggs, and multiplies to a fearful degree if not 

 removed in time. 



SPECIFICATION. 



Pulex penetrans. P. proboscide corporis longi- 

 tudine. Linn. Syst. Nat. l.p. 1021. Gmel.p. 2924. 



