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pillaris Anmall parentSj#^«Butterflys2 
4i all other Cmerpillars are. 
Number. 40. 
The Catterpillar. of the 40/^. Table, t I took the i i^th. 
oT December^ and fed it with Sallow leaves ( its ufuall 
Food J as long as I could find any of them, but when I 
cou’d get no more of thofe leaves it fafted all Winter j 
but it Daiely Ihefted its place, its life and motion were 
ib weake, as fcarcely perceiveable. 
The 24#A. of March j I offered it the tender Buds 
Sallow, h\xt it Eat not.* theac?, otAprill, I put again 
before it Sallow leaves, and then it Eat them, for then 
they were bigger , and more Nourifhing , the lame 
thing I obftrved in other Catterpillars, not one only, 
that they abftained from tender young Herbs , but 
eat them greedily, when a little more grown up. 
The 6tL of Aprill, holding faff by the feet upon the 
edge of apiece of Paper, it crept out of itslkin 5 that I 
feemedto hsvQ zCatterpillar upon the Paper, for it was 
|uft like C as to colour J the (kin it crept outofE 
Whenit caftthisfkin it parted with an Egg ofthefame 
bignels, that Ants Eggs are ufiially of. The 14#^. of 
May, is caff another (kin, and again parted with another 
Egg : Both the Eggs came to nothing. 
The C after pillar changed the i^th. of Jane, as is 
Figured , and after 10 Days came forth a Butterfiy , 
which fafted Seven Days, and Dyed. 
Note, that is no unujuall thing withtheje kjnd of Am- 
malls j ImeaneCzttexp>'A\axs.,togoe on, or JkJpend their 
Eating, and confequenily their groth, as was obfirvedm 
Ha ad. 
