270 Mijcellaneous Difcoveries 
nefs of a fmall Barley Corn. If this Cafe be 
viewed with the Microfcope , it appears co¬ 
vered all over with a mod delicate Soft of 
Mofs, intermixed with fine Sand or Earth. At 
the fharpeft End there is a little Hole, thro' 
which the Excrements are difcharged; and 
at the other a larger Opening, where the 
Creature puts out its Head, and fallens itfelf 
to the Pales or Wall. The included Ani¬ 
mal is all black, about two Lines of an Inch 
long, and three Quarters of a Line broad. 
Its Body has feveral Ringlets folding over one 
another. Its Head is large, fiat, and poliihed, 
refembling Tortoife-lhell, with fome Hairs 
iffuing from it ; and near thereto, on each 
Side, are three Legs. The Mouth is large, 
and in continual Motion, and from it pro¬ 
ceeds a flender Thread or Web : the Eyes 
are black and round. This is a pretty Ob- 
jedl, and changes I believe to fome Sort of 
minute Fly, tho* I have not had an Oppor¬ 
tunity of making the Experiment. 
6 . Nothing is more common, in the Be¬ 
ginning of Summer, than to fee the Leaves 
of Peaches, Nectarines, and Cherries, curled 
up and blighted : which Leaves on Exami¬ 
nation are found covered with little InfeSis *, 
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* Monf. DE la Hire calls thefe Pucerons , or little Fleas t 
and in dances them as I n lefts that come from walking t ofying 
without palling through the Aurelia State : which they do by 
Silly cading off their Skins, as a little Obfervation will ftiew. 
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