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ftac, aliquancum major c(l c^ceris omnibus; inqueparce ance- 

 r-ioreaiiquidobiongunnhabecauc ruganni,in qua osert,quodin 

 concinuo mocu efle videcur,acque in medioduorum cufpidum 

 vel recurvorum corniculorum juxcafepoficorum comparec. la 

 alcera excremicace, qu^ cauda^ loco exfiftic, ancennula vificur, 

 paulo craffior, ubi cum corpore vermis jungicur,& paulacim 

 fubcilior evadensjusque dum cenuicaccm impercepcibilem nan- 

 cifcacur , nec in unum cufpidem, fed in duos inftar amplioris fur- 

 cascerrainacur, uno ad dexcrum , akero ad finiftrum lacus incli- 

 nance. C^ecerum cocum corpus rainucifiimis, diverf^ longicu- 

 dinis pilis cegicur , quorum longiores horizonci func paralleli. 

 Verum quia minucias cales commode & clare defcribere ne- 

 queo, meliorcm in modum,quancum fieri pocuic, culicis figu- 

 ram, eamque mulco majorem,quam revera eft , fiftere volui, 

 qualem fcilicet microfcopium unico ience inftruftum monftra- 

 vkfnumeroque 2.Tabula exhibec. 



Vermes igicur ifti,aqu^innacances, varie (e agicanc,pocif- 

 fimum veroafundo vafis reftaad aquse fuperficicm,non camen 

 more animalium ancrorfum , fed recrorfum , cauda nimirum 

 prccvia cendunc, acque ubi fummicacem aquae accingunc, ibideoi 

 parumper , &cum cauda bifurcata ei quafi immobiles adh^rere 

 videncur,reliquocorporependulo,&capice deorfum fpedance, 

 ubi vero adnacandum redeunc,maxima cum celericace id exe- 

 quuncur. 



Inccrea corporis mole usque ad d. zo, Julii crefcere conci- 

 nuarunc, quo die aliquos figuram ,coIorem,mocumque,ancen- 

 oulanempe illa caud^e bifurcaca difparence,&in dorfo juxca ca- 

 puc duobus fupra memoracis corniculis prodeuncibus, mucafle 

 vidi, colorcm infuper , quem ancea nigricancem cinereumquc 

 habebanc, jam candidum & quafi pellucidum func adepci; in 

 mocu,afundovafisadfuperficiemaqu^,ad feniicirculi figuram 

 inflexi lenciftime afcendebanc, auc uc melius dicam,ferebancur 

 vel impellebancur , eo prorfus modo, quo in aqua corpus aliquod 

 minusgravcquani ac|ua ipf^ ?ft,quafi fu^penfura afceqdic:ubi 



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