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fome, that were fcarce perceptible ; To that they ap- 
peared to have been generated at different times, 
and grown in the ffomach. As the child was fud- 
denly feized with this effort to vomit, the difcharg- 
ed her ffomach on the floor of the parlour where 
{lie was fitting. The millepedes, they told me, were 
at firfl very lively, and crept brifkly different ways j 
but they did not live long in the open air. They 
were lying in the dime when I came to her, fo 
that I could not be impofed on as to the verity of 
the fadf. After this evacuation, the child’s ffomach 
grew perfectly eafy, and continued fo. 
CXII. Obfervations upon the Corona Solis 
Marina Americana ; The American Sea- 
Sun-Crown. By John Andrew Peyflonel, 
M. D. F.R.S. Tranflated fro?n the F rench. 
Read Dec. 14, TT Shall call this infedt by this name, be- 
I/58 ’ JL caufe of the refemblance it bears to 
the flower called Corona Solis ; fince it is, like this, 
open and fpread. 
This infedt adheres to the rocks by its balls, which 
is flat and round ; and tho’ this roundnels is fome- 
times mif-fliapen, it is only occafioned by the ine- 
qualities of the rocks, to which it flicks. Its diame- 
ter is about two or three inches, bearing, from the 
center, certain rays, like white nerves, upon a moift 
flefh, of a livid violet colour. Thefe rays or nerves 
pafs from the centre to the circumference ; they, too, 
5 P 2 • confiff 
