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with certain oblong black particles, whicli I concluded to "be the ex- 

 crements of the maggots, by which thole webs had been fpun : in 

 iuveral of thefe webs, I alfo faw certain particles which feemed to 

 be the fragments of aurelias, from whicli fome I'pecies of flying in- 

 le(5l had proceeded, and, as in one of thefe \\ebs I perceived feveral 

 minute feathers, very much like thofe found on the wings of motiis, 

 1 further concluded, that the flying infe61:s which proceeded from thefe 

 webs mull bear fome refemblance to the moths in this country. 



In order to fatisfy myfelf further, I went the next day to the Com- 

 pany's warehoufe, and fpent a wliolc liour with fome of .the officers 

 m fearch of thefe webs, and at the fame time, tlie ofliccrs gave me a 

 leaf or piece of Mace very much flirivelled, in wliich was the ap- 

 perance of a web, and on opening the leaf, I found in it a v^hite flying 

 infe6l, (which was not only dead, but had loft fome of its legs,) in 

 fhape and fize not unlike thofe white moths tliat are found in grana- 

 ries, and from Avhofe eggs proceeds the maggot called the wolf,* 

 though I judged this infecl to be of a different fpecies. Upon my 

 return home, I examined all the webs I had found, and in feveral of 

 them, diicovered the Ikins or cafes of aurelias, from which flying 

 infedls had proceeded, and in two of th.em, the infefis themfelves ; 

 I alfo found one ])erfe5: cryfalis, and in it the infeft dead ; and upon 

 attentively examining this cryfalis, I plainly perceived that it was ex- 

 actly of the fame fhape and nature with all the other fkins of aurelias 

 which I had found. I caufed a drawing to be made of this aurelia 

 or cryfalis of the fame fize it appeared to the naked eye; this is 

 fliev»-n at figure 13, AB, in which the refemblance is taken as accu- 

 rately as the limner could imitate it in Iris drawing. 



Fig. 14, CDreprefents the flying infe(5l which proceeded from 

 one of thefe aurelias , the wings of which, wOuld I believe, Iiave 

 appeared longer than here reprefented, had not the animal while 



* The defcriptioii of this ir.fciSt is to bu ften at page 25. 



