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The leaves of Alder or Birch, the Turnip, Muftard, and Rag- 

 wort, with many other vegetables, are noticed by different au:hors, 

 as being proper food for the Ruby Tiger Moth in the larva {late j 

 I have obferved that they prefer the leaves of the Ragwort or 

 Groundfel. 



The Caterpillars are fmall in the month of May, in June they pafs 

 to the pupa form, and early in the month following, appear in the 

 winged ftate *. 



This fpecies is lefs frequent than the Cream Spot Tiger Moth f, 

 lately figured in this work. 



* In a forward feafon like the prefent, the time of their appearance in the different 

 ftates may vary confiderably, especially as fome may have two, or even three broods 

 in one fummer. I have a Moth from a fecond brood, which patted to the pupa form, 

 the 25th of July, and came forth the 10th of Auguft, 1794.- 



f Ph. Villica, 



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