1 5 ]. 

 and Rhedi, who, from uncontroverted 

 experiments, proved that the fame laws 

 of propagation exifted in thofe as in 

 other animals, and that every living 

 thing was prcducedfrom an egg. Some 

 ■of thofe animals are extremely minute, 

 fo as to be fcarce vifible to the naked 

 eye,asAcARi,f^/V^THRiPEs,Coccr, 

 Phal^na occultella, (a fpecies of 

 moth) others again are very large, as 

 the Monoculus Polyphemus, Can- 

 cer Gamarus, (lobfler) and fome 

 others of the crab kind, Scarab^eus 

 Act^eon, (afpecies ofbeetle) and Pha^ 

 LiENA Atlas (another fpecies ofmoth). 

 With regard to their ftrength, con- 

 iidering their fize, it appears prodigi- 

 ous. Excepting aqnatic infecls, which 

 are biennial, mofr. of them are a?inual, 

 and cannot fubiifr through the winter 

 in our cold climate; but being renewed 

 every fpring, they render their ipecies 



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