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gentleman who happened to pafs by at the fame inftant, having 

 either more curiofity or lefs apprehenfion of danger from touching 

 them, took them up, and prefervedthem. We conclude they could 

 have but juft before come out of their chryfalides, the female being 

 in a raoft perfeft ftate, and the male equally fine, except that it had 

 loft one of its upper wings. 



We muff claim the indulgence of the more fcientific part of our 

 readers for the minutenefs with which we have detailed fuch trifling 

 circumftances; it can indeed afford very little amufement to them, 

 but, it may ferve to remind many who are not in the habit of col- 

 lecting Infects, that their occafional endeavours would be likely to 

 extend the Science of Entomology; for it often happens that the 

 moft affiduous Naturalifts are indebted to fuch perfons for the rarefl 

 fpecimens their cabinets poffefs. 



The Moths were found late in June. On examining the crevices 

 of fome of the trees near the fpot, we found a quantity of the eggs; 

 they were rather of an oval form, and linked together like a chain, 

 as fhewn in the plate; and having carefully preferved them in a 

 branch of a plumb-tree * under the bark, we had the fatisfaclion 

 to fee fome young Caterpillars produced in a few weeks. But either 

 owing to the want of proper food or good management they all died. 

 foon after, except two or three, and thefe never arrived at their full 

 fize. The Caterpillar from which the Figure in the annexed is 

 copied, was found under the bark of one of the elm-trees in St. 

 James's Park, but being difturbed, it never became a Pupa. The 

 Caterpillar makes a cafe, of the duff, of the wood which it gnaws, 

 and cements together, and in this it lies concealed beneath the bark. 

 The head of the Caterpillar is hard, and the firft ring is furnifhed 

 with a ilrong horny fubilance, 



Harris, about twenty years ago, was fo fortunate as to breed this 

 Moth from the Caterpillar, and we are not acquainted with any 



* T frequently find, when the Plant of an InfeS b unknown, that thev will live on 

 the Plumb-tree, when they rcfufe other food. 



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