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nuate her inftrument ; and flew away from it. 124, 



Put her, immediately, on to a young tnrnep-leaf: TENTHREDO 



in three minutes fhe made a depofit. Replaced THETURNE* 



her on the rape-leaf : ihc appeared to be dif- 



gufted ; and would not offer to make a nidus : 



but furTering her to walk on to the turnep. 



leaf again, fhe feemed much pleafed ; and 



there being a large perforation, (he put one 



foot through the hole, and made a depofir -, 



the firfl I had feen made on the margin of 



a hole in the leaf. She feemed to (land 



aukwardly for the operation ; but, neverthelefs, 



twifted her inftrument in fuch a manner as to 



hit the middle of the leaf very accurately. 



Saw the fame fly, afterwards, make three 

 feparate depofits in the edge of a fmooth fced- 

 ling-leaf; but, perhaps, the edges of the 

 rough leaves were already occupied. 



Placed a caterpillar upon the rape-leaf; but 

 it immediately walked off : put it on again, 

 and Ihut them up in a box; it eat very 

 freely. 



SEPTEMBER 5. The caterpillar lived 

 upon this leaf until yefterday noon, when the 

 leaf was become dry. 



Put it on to the live turnep to pall its hun- 

 ger ; and then fhut it up in a box with two 



very 



