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m Form and Size, are alfo commonly called 
Lice. Of thefe there are numberlefs Species* 
feveral whereof we are obliged to Seignor 
Red 1 for giving us the Drawings of, at the 
End of his Treatife de Generatione InfeZiorum , 
whence Mr. Albin has taken them into his 
Book of Spiders: but few of thefe have been 
fufficiently examined by the Microfcope , and 
there are great Variety of other Kinds that 
are yet quite unknown. 
Even Infedts are infefted with Vermin that 
feed on them and torment them. A Sort of 
Beetle, known by the Name of the Loujy 
Beetle , is remarkable for Numbers of little 
Creatures that run about it nimbly from 
Place to Place, but will not be fhaken off. 
Some other Beetles have Lice alfo, but of 
different Kinds. 
The Earwig is troubled frequently with 
minute Infedts, efpecially juft under the 
fetting-on its Head. They are white and 
filming like Mites, but much fmaller : they 
are round-backed, flat-bellied, and have 
long Legs, particularly the two foremofh 
The fame has not been obferved on any 
other Animal. 
Snails of all Kinds, but chiefly the large 
ones without Shells, have many little In-' 
fedts, extremely nimble, that live and feed 
upon them. 
Numbers of little red Lice , with a very 
fmall Head, and in Shape refembling a Tor- 
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