334 MINUTES SEPT. 



1 24. very tender leaves of fow-thiflle (fonchus ok~ 



TENTHREDO ra cms}. 



THETURNEP This morning untouched, except a flight 

 rafure on each leaf. Returned it to the tur- 

 nep-leaf -, it eat immediately. 



SEPTEMBER 6. Yefterday, put two leaves 

 of garden-muftard and two of garden -crefs 

 (fmall fallading) into a box with a caterpillar, 

 covering it up with the crefs-leaves, and lay- 

 ing thofe of the muftard at a diftance. In 

 the evening it had left the crefs untouched, 

 and had got upon the muftard. This morn- 

 ing found it refting itfelf upon one of the 

 muftard-Ieaves; but it had not eaten any percep- 

 tible part of it. Put it on to the live turnep ; 

 it eat a little, but did not quite finilh one per- 

 foration ; it having, I apprehend, almoft done 

 feeding : this experiment, therefore, is not 

 quite deciiive. 



SEPTEMBER 6. This morning, obferving the 

 (late of the nidus which I marked the twenty- 

 fifth of Augufl, I perceived the young cater- 

 pillar hadjuft come forth ; its tail ftill upon the 

 nidus. This, therefore, laid in the egg-date 

 eleven days. 



The nidus appears fmall, comparatively with 

 the animal ; which mult lie ceiled up in a very 



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