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F I G. III. 



6. PUSTALATA. 



Head, Thorax, and Shells black, with three red Spots on each 

 ghell. Length i| line. 



F I G V. 



7. PUNCTATA. 



Lady Cow, or Lady Birp. 



Head and Thorax black, Shells red, with feven black Spots s 

 length? three or four lines, 



The hiilory of thofe feveral infedls fo nearly refemble each other, 

 that one general account will comprife all that can be faid of any of 

 the fpecies. The larva is not unlike the adult infe6l, though its body 

 is longer and tapering, and it hath no (hells to defend it if in danger ; 

 its fecurity therefore depends on its feet, which are rather longer, or at 

 leaft appear longer, than in the after^ftate ; all the fpecies, whether as 

 the larva or the adult, commonly feed on grafs,but they as frequently are 

 taken on the plantain, thiftle and rofe, or any other plant, whether wild 

 or cultivated. They faften themfelves to the leaves of any plant that 

 is near when they enter the Chryfalis {late, and its appearance is therj 

 as if it were tied to the leaf by threads which pafs each other in tranf-^ 

 verfe djredlions ; they remain only a few days in the Chryfalis, as it 

 undergoes but little c)iange. May, June, and July, or later if the 

 weather lljould prove fine, is the time to find them ; many of thg 

 fpecies are fo numerous in almoU every fituation, that colledlors give 

 little trouble to obtain themj or at leaft fearch for fuch only as are moft 

 uncommon, 



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