The colour of this dimunitive infedl is a bright red 3 
and when microfcopically examined, the lower part of 
the body appears to be coated with ftiff white bridles. 
It feems to be provided with a tubular fnout, which is 
generally concealed or fheathed, but which may fome- 
times be diftindtly feen. On the top of the head are 
two little proceffes or (harp implements which turn 
outwards each way. Thefe infedts abound on vegeta¬ 
bles, and are generally contracted by walking in gar¬ 
dens, amongfi long grafs, or corn fields. 
According to Mr. White in his Hiftory of Selborne, 
they abound to an uncommon degree in the chalky dif- 
tridts of that part of Hampfhire. He relates that he 
has been allured that the warreners in the chalky downs, 
tire fo much infefted by them, and that they fwarm to 
Ho infinite a degree as to difcolour their nets, and give 
them a reddifh calf, whilft the men are fo bitten as to 
be thrown into fevers. Vid. Hill. Selb. p. 89. 
It is a ipecies which feem to have efcaped the notice 
of fyftematic Naturalifts ; and is not to be found either 
in LiNNiEus or Fabricius. A flight general defcrip- 
tion of it is given in Baker’s Employment for the Mi- 
crofcope, accompanied by a figure; but as the figure 
was evidently taken from a dried fpecimen, it gives but 
a very imperfect idea of the animal. 
The oniy way of viewing it to advantage is to place 
it on a piece of glafs and to lay another piece of glafs 
immediately upon it, by which means it will be juft fo 
much comprefied as to expand all its limbs without be¬ 
ing injured ; in this fituation it may be viewed, efpeci- 
ally by a compound microfcope, to thegrcateft poffible 
advantage. 
