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In foreign countries it is very injurious to gardens, and fruit-trees 

 in particular. Berkenhout fays, it feeds on " Oak, Aih, Apple-trees, 

 &:c." but we are rather inclined to doubt his information, excapt as 

 to the latter, though he is partly fan6lioned by Linnaus. Geoffrey 

 fays, it feeds on the Elm. 



For the time of its appearance we are indebted to Harris ; he fays 

 the caterpillar changed to chryfalis the nth of July, the moth ap- 

 peared July 31 ; from which it appears certain that he reared it from 

 the caterpillar. He has not, however, given a figure of it in the Au- 

 relian, or any other of his publications. 



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