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ourfelves met with a living fpecimen of it in the Aland of Anglefea 

 fome few years ago. This occurred in the day time, in the month of 

 September, under the fliade of a little duller of itones and bullies 

 near Manachty, the northern extremity of the ifland, and at no great dif- 

 tance from the road to Gwyndy. 



It is not entirely new as an Englifli infect, having been defcribed by 



Ray, but this is the only inftance within our recollection, fince the time 



of that writer, in which any naturalift is faid to have meet with it iri 



■ our country. In Germany, and feveral others parts of Europe it is 



not very unfrequent. 



The fpecimen discovered by us is of the male fex, and is that re- 

 prefented ii. the upper part of the annexed plate. The lower figure 

 is of the female kind, which we have ventured to add, though taken 

 from an exotic fpecimen in order to illultrate the hiftory of this curn 

 ous infect, the tw o iexes of which differ fo materially that they might 

 readily be miftaken for diftinct fpecies. 



It rarely occurs to obfervation in the larva ftate : by fome it is fup- 

 pofed to feed on the afh, while others affirm that its natural food is the 

 plaintain. The larva is brown with a white dorfal iine, and rufous 

 legs. The pupa ferruginous. 



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