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The Hiftory s/ANIMALS. 
Alphis dCBriS ® 
The Aphis of the maple . lltctpit f£rOttft+ 
This is fomewhat larger than the former fpecies, and it’s body is more flatted ; it 
has fcarce any vifible horns or appendages behind; thofe which there are, are very ob- 
tufe : the back of the body is covered with little rough protuberances, and has on it's 
hinder part a large black fpot of a cordated form : the head and the thorax are black 
in the middle, and the antennae are fetaceous at their extremity. 
It is frequent on the common fmaller maple in May and June. 
Aphis tilice . 
The Aphis of the lime-tree . 
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Eoufe. 
The body is of an oblong form, and has four feries of black fpots on the back; on 
the thorax there is alfo on each flde a lateral line, which is black : the legs and the an¬ 
tennae are alternately black and white; the wings are afcendent and comprefled, and 
are black on the lower edge, and on the upper they are variegated with fome black 
fpots. 
It is common on the branches and leaves of the lime-tree. Authors have called it 
Pediculus arboreus, the tree Loufe. 
The other fpecies of Aphis are, i. The Aphis of the elm. 2. The Aphis of the 
carrot. 3. The Aphis of the elder. 4. The Aphis of the dock. 5. The Aphis of 
the rofe. 6. The Aphis of the nymphaea, and other water-plants. 7. The Aphis 
of the ferratula. 8. The Aphis of the thiftles. 9. The Aphis of wormwood. 10. 
The Aphis of the jacea. 11. The Aphis of the birch. 12. The Aphis of the pine. 
13. The Aphis of the cucubalus. 
COCCUS. 
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T H E trunk of the Coccus arifes from the breaft; the body is fetofe behind : the 
. wings are only two; they are placed ereCt, and only the males have them. 
This genus contains the gall Infe&s and progas InfeCts of Reaumur. 
Coccus ilicis . 
The Coccus of the ilex . 
J&ztmzs, 
The female of this fpecies, which is what we know by the name of Kermes in the 
{hops, is, when full grown, of a roundifh figure, and of a deep purplifli-blue co¬ 
lour, covered with a fine whitifh, or greyifh, duft, like that on the furface of a rip©', 
plum : in this ftate it is not eafy to diftinguifh it’s limbs, or indeed it's natural form j 
it’s being diftended by young at this period alters, and, in a manner, deflroys it’s fi¬ 
gure ; it adheres in this flate to the leaves and young fhoots of the ilex, and is col¬ 
lected thence for the fhops; before this period it runs about on the branches, and has 
it’s form more regular ; it’s colour is red, and it’s body oblong; it’s legs and it’s anten-^ 
nae are at that time difcoverable, and it has ufually a kind of downy or cottony white 
matter about it. The male is a very fmall fly, which would fcarce be fuppofed to be¬ 
long to the fame fpecies, if it were not feen impregnating the females: it’s body is 
oblong, it’s head fmall, it’s eyes little and black, and it’s wings whitilh, and full of 
brown and fomewhat rigid nerves. 
The female, in the full grown ftate, is gathered in vaft quantities for the ufe of the 
dyers, for their fcarlet colour, and to be kept in the fhops as a cordial: at that period ft 
appears rather like an excrefcence than an animal, and has indeed been in general fup¬ 
pofed to be fuch. 
It is frequent oa the ilex or holm-oak in Provence, and fome other places. 
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Coccus 
