f 4* ) 
&fho¥y and LettieeSot the Mulburji is late in patting forth 
its leaves. 
- Before that thefe Catterpilfars makes Silke,they cleanfe 
themfelves from all Excrements. 
One Hundred and Threefcore Catterpillars( 1 6o. ) are 
wont tomake one Ounce and §o. Graines of Silke. 
The Catterpiffar, Figured in the Table, changed the 
I4#/5. of September, and the 24#^. of the Gime Month, 
that is in the fpaceof 10 Dayesj it broke forth a white 
Mvtterfljf. 
Before thefe Couple, both Male and Female 
are exaftly purged, and then they are exadily Coupled 
by the Tayles end 3 after that the Female layes a 160. 
Egges which are all Infecund, and wither to nothing 
unlefs the Female couple with the Male. 
Sometimes they do againe Couple after Laying, 
but they Lay no Eggs , for the Butterfips are' wont 
to Dye within Fourteen Dayes.. 
See Malpigivs De Bombyce, 
Thecatterpillarohhe jjd. Table, EMsFlumiree leaver 
ttsa little eater, and fleepsmuch, you will often finde 
Two of them together at reft with their Heads inward 
bent to the middle of their Bodies. 
Both of them two companions began to change the 
2 5 th. of May, as is expreffed in the Table, and from each 
ofthem came forth a Butterfly, after § i Dayes, that is the 
16th. oCJime, of a Yelloifh colour, and which wou’d 
Number. 33, 
not fly in the Day time. 
Thefe 
