Of M i t E l 
Thefe are the Vermin that find a Way in¬ 
to the Cabinets of the Curious, and eat up 
their fin <z Butterflies and other choice. Infeffs, 
leaving nothing in their Stead but Duff and 
Ruins. The beff Method of preventing this 
is, to keep the Drawers or Boxes continually 
fuppHed with Gampbire, whole hot and dry 
Effluvia penetrate, fhrivel up, and deflroy 
the tender Bodies of thefe little mifchievous 
Plunderers. 
It muft however be remembered,, that 
there are feveral Species of Mites, which, 
differ in fome Particulars, though their gene¬ 
ral Figure and the Nature of them be the 
fame. For Inftance, the Mites * in Malt- 
Duff and Oatmeal-Duff are nimbler than 
Cbeefe-Mites , and have more and longer 
Hairs. The Mites amongff Figs referable 
Scarabs, have two Feelers at the Snout, and 
two very long Horns over them, with three 
Legs only on each Side, and are more flag- 
gifh than thofe in Malt. Mr. Leeuwen¬ 
hoek obferved fome Mites on Figs to have 
longer Hairs than he had feen on any other 
Sorts ; and upon Examination found thofe 
Hairs were fpicated, or had other little Hairs 
iffuing from their Sides : whence he ima¬ 
gined they might be jointed at the little 
Diffance where thefe Hairs come forth. He 
* Vide Power’s Obferv. p. io, 
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