2792 The Zoologist — Octobee, 1871. 



became of a yellowish colour, and the 27th of the same month 

 I did distinctly see on the hinder part of the body, which was 

 yellowish, 32 black spots, and forwards on the body 8 more. These 

 animalls feed of the down only growing on the leaves of Mullen, 

 and this down, or wool mixed with Venice turpentine and used by 

 way of suffuraigation in smoke, cures the piles; which I have 

 tryed. This little animall did give itselfe to change the 30th of 

 June the same year; but because nothing particular came from it 

 I have not depicted the forme of the sheath, or chrysalis ; for only 

 after it had given itself to rest, it grew in its roundnesse as though 

 it would cliange, and the 8th of August it did creep out of its skin 

 as out of its shell, yellowish, distinguished with black spots, and 

 round in figure. It is worlli observing that these creatures when 

 they first grow yellow, even before they have feet, are besieged by 

 their enemies, and they are certain little Spiders; which are of the 

 same colour with them and bigness ; and without doubt deceive 

 them upon the likeness of them. These Spiders are bred of the 

 same leaf with" them. Moreover there is another creature of a 

 black colour with pincers in his forehead, which he opens and 

 shuts as he lists, witii which he kills these worms and spiders: 

 This also I guess is bred from the same leaf. All of them feed 

 of the down growing upon Mullen, and this down is pellucid like 

 Chrystall."* 



Field Cricket. — " For Gryllotalpae or Field Crickets I know them 

 by many experiments to be very robust and of a firm life ; I cut off 

 the head of one of them, which after 2 days was wholly eaten by 

 another field cricket, only two little nerves being left, yet the head 

 lived 12 hours after. I hanged another field cricket by a string in 

 the heat of the sun, so that it became wholly black, yet it died not 

 before the 7th day. They are very ingenious in building their 

 nest; for that end they do elect a certain Glebe of earth firm and 

 tenacious, and therein they make themselves a hole to go in and 

 out at; within they make a great cavilie in the which they dispose 

 more than 100, sometimes 150 eggs. This being done, the hole of 

 the ingresse they accurately shut up, and they strengthen the 

 Glebe as much as may be ; for that being broken all the eggs 

 perish, and are consumed of certain black flies which lye hid 



* Two yellow ladybirds, one with tweuty-two spots, the other with thirty-two 

 spots, aud two small larvjc without legs, and one with six legs, are figured. Also 

 two small blueish flies. — G. E. 



