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Dr. Lifter to Mr. Ray. 



Dear SIR, 



I Shall tell you only, that Kermes is this Year a 

 greater Puzzle to me than I expe&ed it would 

 have proved. For I obferve, i. That thefe are fofe 

 in the early Spring, and very pulpy, z. That not 

 only that which I took to be the Excrement of the 

 Bees, but alfo the Liquamen itfelf, which I took to 

 be Provifion of Bee-Meat, is nothing elfe but an in- 

 finite Number of fmall Eggs, out of which a certain 

 fort of Mites (as I take them to be) are hatch'd. 

 3. That thefe Kermes fern to be of different Sorts y 

 fome having red, or Carnation colour'd Mites in 

 them, wrapped up in a pure white Silk > others are 

 white of Colour, &c. 4. That not only the Bee 

 Maggots I defcrib'd the laft Year have been found 

 in thefe Kermes, but as Dr. Johnfon of Pomfret af- 

 fures me, he found in one Kermes one large Maggot 

 filling all the Husk. 



I defire to know what you and Mr. Willughby haw 

 farther obferved on this Subje£L 



Mr. Oldenburglrt Letter. 



SIR, London, July 6. \6jz, 



AFTER my long Silence, I mufl now put you 

 in mind of fome Particulars which were re- 

 commended to you and Mr. Ray when you were with 

 us here. ' One was to communicate what you had 

 obferved concerning the Vermis Setaceus, or Hair- 

 worm; of which Mr, Lifter tad made fo rational a 



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