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VI. Some Corrections and Amendments by J. P. 
Breynius, M. D. F. % S. concerning the 
Generation of the Inject called by him Coccus 
Radicum, in his Natural Hiftory thereof t 
printed in the Year 1 7 $ 1 , an Account of which 
is given in theje Philofophical T ranfadli- 
ons, N° 4Z 1 , tranflated from the Latin by 
Mr. Zollman, F. ^ S. 
I N the Natural Hiftory of the Coccus Radicum 
lately publilhed by me, when after many repeat- 
ed Obfervations and Experiments (efpecially thofe of 
Pag. 1 6 and 17) I gave an Account of the Genera- 
tion and Metamorphofis of that Infe£f, .which ufes to 
flick to the Extremities of the Roots like a fpherical 
Grain, and is commonly called Coccus Polonicus, I 
conjectured, that thofe fmall Flies which are often 
found among the Coccus , did not belong to the Coc- 
cus , but owed their Rife to fmall Worms of their 
own Kind, and were accidentally found among the 
Coccus ; and as I could not find any Difference of 
Sex among the Worms of the Coccus, and following 
chiefly the Opinion of Signor Ceftoni concerning the 
Coccus of the Ilex (however, as I freely own, not 
without fome Repugnancy, and a flu&uating Mind) I 1 
ventured to aflert, that our Coccus alfo is an Infett of 
the Hermaphrodite Kind, which brings forth Eggs of 
itfelf, and from itfelf, and propagates its Species with- 
out 
