4, That the Bee-grubbs aftually feed on Mites^ there being 
110 other food for them . 
5, That there are other Species of Bees or Wafps befides 
thofe by me defcribed ^ which are fometimes found to make 
thefe Mites their food : Dr* Johnfonh^vrngop^nd ouQ Husk, 
with one only large Maggot in it, 
6, That there are^robably different forts of Mites in thefe 
Huskes, making poflibly different fpecies of Kermes For/ome 
I have found to hold Carnation- colour 'd Mites, enclof^d io a 
fine white Cotton^ the whole Husk ftarting from the Twigg, 
flirivelling up^ and lerving only for a Cap or Cover to that 
xompany of Mites. Other Mites I have feen white^and (which 
is moft ufualj the Husks continuing kitire and not coming a- 
way from the Twigg they adhere tOj and but little Gotten at 
thebottom. Thofe of the firft fort are the wliite Cob-webbs. 
on the Vine, defcribed by Mr. Hoo\Micrograph, Obs. 56. 
' 7< That the Ihriveird Cap to be found upon the Mites in. 
dofed in Cotton, as alfo the whole Husk it jfelf, if taken early 
in Aprils while foft^ will, dried in the Sun, fliriiik into the very 
figure of Cochlmil : Whence we guefs, that Cochioeil may be a 
foi £ of i(fra<?/^ taken thus early and fun- dried* _ 
Hitherto this Summers Notes concerning JC^mf^. This ad« 
vantage at leaft w.e may have by them 5 that the account^ ta- 
ken froraM. Verne'j by Dr« Cr&on^ and 
NamK 20. p, 362a . publifli't io oue of the Trm[aUnm^\\ 
made more intelligible; the fmall scar- 
let powder, there mention^dj being to be underftood of thofe 
Mires, and they.to bediftinguifli't from the Bee*grobbs,wiiich 
are changed into the Skipping Fly^ that is, the Bee, /"for kind at 
ieaft) by us deicribed formerly. I am, ^r. Tork,oUoh,(^, 167 1* 
4n Exf^aU of a Letter Written U the VnhHper by Mr. Thomas 
Platt^/^^^f^sFiorenGe, Augutt ^.1^72. concerning feme Expert* 
merits^ there made upon Vipers, ^nce Mon[^ Charas bis Reply, to 
the Letter vpritten by Sigmr Franceico Redi to JkiQfjpeur Bo^t* 
ddot md Monfieur Motm, ' 
l^-fiiall begin with telliog yo% tint in a Converfttipn iaft Wiu- 
ItCFy where r had the good fortune to make one of the nam- 
ber, the difcourfe was of an Qpiuion of Dela Chamhe^j^i^ho^ 
to 
