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. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. m' ^'" fi84 THE ]tED MITE. .-«* â til , f. Hi N, , * â â¢!*i and flat whon tliey first settle themselves on their victim, l, nt they suck the blood will, such vehein ticks.' V.'hcn found thcv m, , by no means be pulled away, as their barbed heads w..ul.l then remain in the wound w cause a festrruig .sore. Tlu* proper metliod of detaching them is to touch them with o when they immediat.dy begin to work their way out of their holdin- places and m v then be removed and killed. Sometimes a tick is only to be found b tlie ..aiu whic i cau.se.s. A dull achmg pang, Ibr example, shoots at intervals up the arm, an, I experienced forester at ll-kiiovii ch(>ese-mite is closely allied to the Floui'- mite. In these creatures the body is covered with numcrou, s stout hairs, w'hicli are capable of movement, so that cadi hair must have at least two innsck's, together with their tendons. Despite! therefore, of the minute size of those mites, their structure is not a jot less eom[)licated than that of many liiri^er beings, and possesses a wonderful .senes of organs of which the higher animals are destitute. The little vesicle at the end of the . â .â , . i'^rit is a beautiful object in the micro. scope, especially If the mite can be kept alive while im, .risoned under the fiHd of the instnnnent. In these creatures the females are larger than their mates. The e-ns of this niite are oval, very white, and covered with a sort of bmwn network xr.n^P '"Vi ''' *''*' .J'''">"'-"'ite is given a much magnified representation of the Lketlk- MiTr... I his genus IS a v.ny large one, containing a great number of species. Most persons whohave been accustomed to see the common Watchman-lieetle (r, 'r, .fnnâ, 8tercorarv, s) in its wil, state mn.st have noticed the frequency with which the under it of the body is^inlrsh-d wit