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Legs, dirpos*d in fuch exad order, as you may have ob- 
ferv'd in the Aurelia of a Siik-Worm. At the Gme 
time I difcover d that the unborn Animalcula had two 
Horns, in which, at one time, I counted five Joynts, 
and another time I thought I faw more. 
After thefe obfervations of mine, to wit, that the Co- 
chineel Animalcula are not changed from Worms to Flies, 
I rejeft my former Pofitions, confiding h erem, tnat the 
Cochineel Flies have no Shields wherewith they cover 
their Wings, having found among the Cochineel Grains, 
little Shields or Vagins that were black with a fmall 
round red fpot upon eachShieId,whereupon 1 andothefs 
judg'd, that thefe were the Shields of the Cochineel Flies. 
The 4nimalcula,whofe Wings are cover'd with Shields, 
are all o£ 'em, as far as I know, produced either in the 
Earth or in Wood, from whence they receive their Nou- 
rifhment and Growth 5 and if Nature had not made this 
Provifion for them, being fliut up in the Earth or Wood 
after that they are chang d into flying Creatures, they 
could not dig out their V7ay without hurting their tender 
Wings. 
For having found amongft the Cochineel grain, one of 
the aforeCiid Shields upon the binder part of an Animal- 
culum, and viewed the fame more narrowly^ I faw plain- 
ly, that that Trunk or hinder part had no Similitude 
with any of the other Cochineel grains. 
Now feeing that all Creatures from the beginning are 
made to bring forth their like, if the Cochineel Flies 
had been eiadow'd with Wings, it would have been ia 
vain for the reafons above-mention'djindeed it is neceffary 
they jfhouldhave Wingsasfbbn as they are full grown, 
Ifent my Amflerdam Friend a Duplicat of what I have 
here related to you at length, as well as a Copy of the 
inclofed Figures, who has return'd me a long Letter io 
atifwer thereto, wherein he fays, that he has alfb tak n 
Qco Particles out of a large Cochineel Grain, but that 
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