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this la ft mentioned in feci were collecled during that period, at the 

 expenfe of the refpeclive parifhes where they appeared moil nu- 

 merous, and were publicly burnt by order of the magiflrates. — The 

 Yellow Tail Moth is allied in fome degree to the Brown Tail Moth, 

 though evidently diftincl. 



The Yellow Tail Moth is found in the month of July, feeding on 

 the white-thorn, fallow, apple, and fome other, fruit trees. About 

 the latter end of the fame month, it fpins a web of tough texture 

 againfi: the branches of trees, in which it changes to the pupa ftate, 

 and the Fly comes forth in Auguft. 



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