372 InJeBs on the Bark of the AJh . 
fembling the Aurelite of Ants in Shape, hot 
a thoufand Times more minute, and of a 
beautiful fcarlet Colour. 
This Difcovery excited a flrong Defire of 
learning what Kind of Animalcules thefe lit¬ 
tle Ova would produce; but thofe in my Pof- 
Feflion never came to any thing, being, I fup- 
pofe, deprived of a due Degree of Moiflure 
by the drying of the Twigs.. My Friend’s' 
Diligence however fupplied this Defedt: for 
flicking a Bough covered with them into the 
Ground, in his Garden, in a warm Corner 
where the Sun could fhine freely upon it, 
prodigious Swarms were hatched of beauti¬ 
ful little Infebts of a fine Scarlet Colour, 
whofe Figure is given N e xm. 0 .-—Their 
Back is fomething like that of the Waod-loufe 
or Sow, and in other Refpedts they differ 
not greatly from that Animal in Form : but 
are armed with a large flrong Pair of For¬ 
ceps, which the Wood-lonfe has not. 
’Tis a pleafing Entertainment to fee them 
creep out of their fill-ten Cafes or Coverings, 
at an Opening in the Cafes at one End, 
left there probably for that Purpofe by the 
Parent In fed, when fhe wove this Integu¬ 
ment over her little Brood to preferve them 
from Injury ; in like Manner as many Sorts 
.of Caterpillars leave Openings, or a much 
loofer Spinning at one End of their Pods, 
through which after their Change they may 
be . able to come, forth* See N° xi n . 
n , And. 
