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GENUS 2.—PODURA SPRING-TAIL. 
The Podurse are generally found upon the ground 
in land or gravel-pits ; or under branches of trees, 
Hones, See. in humid places. One fpecies is found 
upon the water, upon the furface of which it leaps 
with great agility. It is not known upon what any 
of them feed. The infefl leaps by means of its tail. 
Podura Villofa . 
The largeH we have—the length 2 lines, commonly 
found under Hones. 
The podurae are diftinguifhed into feveral fpecies. 
Thofe which inhabit Hill waters aflemble in troops 
in the morning on the banks of pools, fifh-ponds, 
and refervolrs. Others are found in damp places, _ 
under leaves, bark, and Hones, heaps of rotten wood, 
muHi-rooms and in melon-beds. It eludes the grafp 
by its elaHicity : its hard, forky tail is a kind of 
fpring by means of which the infetl is thrown into 
the air, 
GENUS 3.— TERMES. 
They are generally called zoood-lice , . 
The infeft is- found in old wood, decayed tables, 
and books not often opened. 
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