S P L ATE XXXIX. 



F I G. III. 



6, P U S T A L A T A. 



Head, Thorax, and Shells black, with three red Spots on each 

 Shell. Length if line. 



FIG V. 



7. PUNCTATA. 



Lady Cow, or Lady Bird, 



Head and Thorax black, Shells red, with feven black Spots 3 

 length, three or four lines. 



The hiftory of thofe feveral infects fo nearly refemble each other, 

 that one general account will comprife all that can be faid of any of 

 the fpecies. The larva is not unlike the adult infect, though its body 

 is longer and tapering, and it hath no (hells to defend it if in danger ; 

 its fecurity therefore depends on its feet, which are rather longer, or at 

 Jeafr. appear longer, than in the after-ftate j all the fpecies, whether as 

 the larya or the adult, commonly feed on grafs,but they as frequently are 

 taken on the plantain, thiftle and rofe, or any other plant, whether wild 

 or cultivated. They fallen themfelves to the leaves of any plant that 

 is near when they enter the Chryfalis ftate, and its appearance is then 

 as if it tvere tied to the leaf by threads which pafs each other in tranf- 

 verfe directions ; they remain only a few days in the Chryfalis, as it 

 undergoes but little change. May, June, and July, or later if the 

 weather mould prove fine, is the time to find them ; many of the 

 fpecies are fo numerous in almoft every fituation, that collectors give 

 little trouble to obtain them, or at leaft fearch for fuch only as are rnpft 

 uncommon. 



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