Infers on the Bark of the A [Jo, 
ration, as perhaps they were in the Glafs 
Phial. 
The largeft of them exceeds not of 
an Inch in Length and Ar of an Inch in Dia¬ 
meter : they feemed rather foft and fefhy 
than cruflaceous, and their Colour was a Kind 
of yellowifh grey. 
CHAP. XXIII. 
Infedts found on the Bark of the Afh* 
A T the Beginning of February 1748*9* 
I received from the fame curious Perfon 
two Pieces of the Twigs of an Afh Tree, 
(juft cut when they were fent) of about half 
an Inch in Diameter. Each of thefe had one 
of its Sides covered thickly from End to End 
with Numbers of little Spots, not larger than 
very fmall Pins Heads, and rather long than 
round. Their Colour was fomewhat diffe¬ 
rent from the Bark on which they were placed, 
and an attentive Eye could perceive they 
rofe a little about it. On crushing them, a 
Liquor red as Blood iftued out f and each 
Spot, when examined by the Microfcope, was 
found to be. of a filky Subftance, adhering 
clofely to the Bark, and ferving as a Covering 
or Neft to 30 or 40 Ova , which on remov¬ 
ing this Covering with the Point of a Lan¬ 
cet prefented themfelves to View; much re- - 
x B b 2 femblin^ 
