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loaded with eggs, and fee the larvae hatched under 
tone’s roof, 
Thefe infe&s are voracious, and feed on other 
aquatic animals, which they pierce and tear with 
their {harp roftrum, while they hold them with the 
forceps of their forefeet, which, fome fay, are their 
antennae. They fly well, and remove in the night, 
when the pool begins to dry. 
GENUS 8.—CIMEX. BUG. 
The larvae of the cimices run about, and, like the 
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complete infeft, fuck in their food through their 
beak : many t of them live upon the juices of plants ; 
others upon the blood of animals; fome are found in 
the waters; and others frequent houfes, among 
which is the bed-bug. 
They differ from other infefts in their foftnefs, 
and raofl of them emit a very foetid fmell. 
The bed-bug is faid fometimes to have wings. 
Spiders are fond of bed-bugs. 
GENUS 9.—APHIS, PLANT-LOUSE. 
Thefe infefls bring forth live young in fummer; 
in autumn' lay eggs. They have either four ere£l 
wings, or are without wings. They have two beaks, 
one in the breaft, and one in the head ; fome are 
provided with two horns on their hinder parts: 
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