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mained unknown, as in the perfect ftate it is very rarely met with., 
We have never feen a figure of either in any former publication, 
June roth, 1794.—I found one fpecimen in the larva ftate at 
Coombe-woed, Surrey; it was lurking beneath a branch of hazel, 
among fome fmall Caterpillars that had formed a flight web on the 
leaves ; as it was only ferved with vegetable food when confined in the 
breeding cage, it died in a few days. 
June 26th, 1794.—I fhook another fpecimen from the upper 
branches of a tall oak in Darn-wood, Dartford. At firft it refufed to 
eat, but fhortly after I obferved it fufpended acrofs a leaf, with its 
head downward, and its roftrum extended and transfixed through the 
head of a {mall Caterpillar which had unfortunately ftrayed into the 
box. I fed it after with dead worms, houfe flies, &c. from which it 
extracted nutritive moifture, and encreafed confiderably in bulk.— 
June 29th it caft its exuvie—July the 2d. it caft another, when the 
perfeé&t InfeCt came forth: the larva can fcarcely be diftinguifhed from 
the pupa ftate. 
Fig. I. the natural fize of the larva, with its manner of feeding.— 
underfide. 
Fig. I. magnified appearance of the upperfide of ditto.—The per 
fect ftate fhewn above. 
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