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" pe&us ; heic vero fi unquam vere 

 H dixeris : res plena timoris amor, fi e- 

 •" nim procus in aufpicato accefferit, fce- 

 " mina ipfum devorat, quod etiam fit, 

 " fi non ftatim fe retraxerit. Libellu- 

 " la foemina genitale fuum fub apice 

 "I gerit caudas, et mas fub pectore, adeo 

 " ut cum mas collum foemina forcipe 

 " caudae arripit, illa caudamfuam pec- 

 " tori ejus adplicet, licque pec.uli.ari ra- 

 " tione connexae volitent." 



Befides.thefe of the male and female, 

 a third fex exifls in fome infecls,which 

 we call Neuter :„ As thefe have not the 

 difHnguifhing parts of either fex, they 

 may be confidered as eunuchs or infer* 

 tile. 



We know of no infr.ance of this kind 



in any otherclafs of animals, norinve* 



I getables, except in the clafs Syngene- 



{iae, and in the Opuius. This kind of 



I fex 



