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HALF HOURS WITH INSECTS. [Packard. 
Ticks are gigantic mites. The smaller mites are in some 
rare cases found even in the veins and arteries of various 
birds. Among the mites belong the itch mite, and an allied 
form, the Acaropsis Mericourti , was found in the pimples on 
the skin of a French officer who had been in Havana, Cuba, 
and was afflicted with an exanthematous eruption. M. Tan- 
fig. 70. don, who figures the mite, thinks .that it is a kind 
peculiar to this exanthema. We have seen a simi¬ 
lar, though probably different mite taken from the 
nose of a person in New Orleans. We might before 
leaving this subject draw attention to the accompa¬ 
nying figure of a long slender mite (Fig. 70, Demo - 
dex folliculorum) sometimes found in the follicles 
of the face. 
But there is a brighter side to the picture. In¬ 
sects are not all leagued together to destroy our com¬ 
fort and rob our pockets. There is the honey bee, 
one of our domestic animals; if well treated, patient and 
kind, ceaselessly at work for our benefit. Her life is a con¬ 
stant lesson of thrift and industry. Thanks to Messrs. 
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Demodex. 
