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It is computed that there are imported yearly into 
Europe, in the courfe of trade, eight hundred and 
cigh ty thoufand pounds of cochineal. 
The plate is magnified . 
GENOS i 2 .—THRIPS. 
Thefe infedls are very common on flowers, upon 
which they run 4 , or rather leap, with great vivacity, 
often bending their bodies upwards. Their habita¬ 
tion is often under the bark of trees. 
The larvae run as brifkly as themfelves, and are 
often of a red colour. 
The thrips are fo diminutive, that Barbut draws 
them as they appear in a microfcope, the animals 
themfelves would be rather taken for atoms. 
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Gardiners aflert that they are hurtful. 
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