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jt appears to us more charaéteriflic of the creature, which fhould 
have a lengthened articulated tail, terminated in a fharp crooked 
fling, to warrant us in placing it among the Scorpions. In the 
fyftem of Fabricius this forms no part of his generical character, but 
thofe who are accuitomed to depend only on the writings of Linneus, 
would be perplexed to reconcile the apparent difference between the 
Phalangium of that author, and the Scorpio of Fabricius. 
The general appearance of this creature, except the want of tail, is 
precifely that of a Scorpion in miniature. 
Mr. Adams, in his Effay on the Microfcope, has figured and 
deferibed a new fpecies of this genus; it is fmaller, and differs in 
form from our prefent {pecies: he calls it the Lobfter Infeét. We 
believe Phalangium Cancroides is the largeft Infe€ of the genus that 
refembles a Scorpion, and is found in England, 
This Infe& is fometimes found in the covers of old books, in 
rotten wood, and other damp and decayed fubflances. We once 
found it faftened on the body of the Mu/fca Vomitoria, (Common Fileth 
Fly,) from which it could not be extricated without killing and 
tearing the fly into pieces, 
Roefel has given a figure of it, and reprefented a parcel of its 
eggs. They are of am oblong form, colour greenith, and appear to be 
depofited in roundifh clufters of about thirty or forty eggs in each, 
The natural fize of our Infect is reprefented at Fig. 1. 
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