produced from an egg ; which the fe- 
male, guided by unerring inftindt, de- 
pofits in fome place capable of affording 
it proper and fufficient nourifhment in 
its future ffate : the places to which 
they are committed are many and va- 
rious, and ftrikingiy difplay the wifdom 
of an all- wife Providence. 
Some depofft them on the various 
parts of plants, fome commit them to 
the earth, and others to the waters ; 
fome depofft them on putrid flefh, 
others in the bodies of living animals, 
even of infedts themfelves. 
After a period more or lefs fhort, the 
little Lame, Caterpillars, or Maggots, 
come forth ; and feeding on their deff 
tined food till they are arrived at 
their full 'growth, change into the 
Chryfalis or Aurelia Hate. In this they 
remain 
