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fize, are to be fecn In almofl every cabinet ; but that the fpecies ibould 

 have efcaped the refearches of the moft eminent collectors, is rather 

 aftonifhing. 



We have fought every information which our conne«5lion w^oulcl 

 permit; and from the rcfult we fcarcely hefitate to pronounce the 

 infedl of a nondefcript fpecies, and our fpecimen to be perfeiR:ly 

 unique; at lead it is a nevvly-difcovered acquifition to many fcientihc 

 entymologifts. 



The original, whence the figure has been copied, is In the collec- 

 tion of the author; it was taken In a lane leading immediately from 

 the wood at Tottenham^ the laft week in June, 1793. It was dif- 

 covered in the evening, on a blade of grafs ; and, from its wet ap- 

 pearance, as well as exquifite prefervation, it had certainly juft 

 emerged from its chryfalis. 



The Caterpillar may be fuppofed to be an underground feeder, and 

 to fubfift on the roots of grafs, &c. or one of that kind which comes 

 orJy above the furface of the earth in the night. 



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