CHINA. 1751. 37? 



The tree Long-ann, whofe fruit the Chinefe % 

 as aforementioned, eat with their tea, grows 

 on the fummits of the higheft mountains, and 

 its fize is that of a middling plumb-tree. Its 

 leaves were devoured by a fort of grubs, of 

 the following mape : 



The grub is white, oblong, brill ly, powder- 

 ed : it has eleven articulations befides the tail, 

 each of which has fix bridles : the lafl articu- 

 lation is blue on both fides, and longer than 

 the three firfl : the fourth articulation has 

 middling bridles ; and the three firfl are the 

 fhortefl. It has three pair of fore-feet, and 

 four pair of hind-feet, which lafl are flronger, 

 and have three joints : the tail has two pro- 

 minencies, and its fides have a red ring, but 

 at the top it is covered with a blue powder. 



The 8 th of Oclcber. 



Fine weather: fometimes rain. 



The grub which I found the 13th, on the 

 Indian Night/hade (Solamim Indiawi) and which 

 had been in the aurelia ftate for fome days, 

 changed into a fphhix. It was but a bad fpe- 



cimen ; 



