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S T. Shows a String to which the Egg T V was faftned, 
as other Eggs were to the other Strings before I broke 
^em off. 
Thefe Strings O P R S. were almoft tranfparent, and 
I could fee other fmall Particles in em, when I took 
them out of the Cochineel grain, and feparated the 
Eggs from them 3 but as they begun to dry, they af- 
fumed a reddifti Hew 3 and when they were quite dry* 
they became of a light red Colour. 
F\g. 6. W X Y Z. repreftnts another Animalculum , 
which I alfo took outof its Egg-fhelljand gave it prefently 
to the Limner to draw 3 in it are the Legs to be fee a 
very plainly between W^nd X, but I could not fee that 
Leg which lies upon the Body« 
Fig, 7, A BCD. is another Animalculum clear d of 
the Egg-fliell, in which you may alfo perceive the 
Legs between A and B. 
Fig. 8, E F G H I. defcribes an Animalculum lying up* 
on aGIafi, as I had taken it two days before out of a 
Cochineel grain 5 ^it was not much alter d by growing 
dry 5 it had but two Legs left, the other being broken 
off. 
In this Animalculum appear'd^ at the extremity of 
the Head, that crooked part defcribed by G H. which 
Ifuppofeto be the Inftrument wherewith it gets its 
Nourilhment out of the Leaves of the above mentioned 
Plant. 
After this I took another Animalculum with fome of 
the Blood-Veffelsj out of the Belly of its Dam, which 
(aid Animalculum was alfo partly covered with the hid 
Blood-Veffels and placed it before my Glafs. 
Fig. 9. K L M, repreftnts a fmall part of the Blood- 
Veffels, and N O P» the Animalculum with its fix Legs, 
as far as it could be feen» 
Moreover, I faw among the Eggs that I had feparate.d 
from the Ovarium, (as alfo faftned to the Veffels of the 
Ova- 
