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cultly explainASle : In the firjl Hiftory, the longjuj^ending 
itf Change^ even fonabove two Tears ^ is very remarkable* 
In the Second Hiftoryj diligence of our Author, in 
fupplytng it T^ith Earyh is .very commendable. 
Again the By- births are Ichneumons, as appears 
by the Figure .* Their coupling is extraordinary 3 the Au- 
rhor, neper yet having objerved it-^though fome Scores havi 
been born together. ^ ^ 
• Hei alfb tells us pf the Seed <?r Eggs of theje Ichneumofis'i 
which,, he fiyes ( fr pm frequent obfe'rvation^ is extreumly 
fmall^ not to be but by very good Eyes ^^bnt that IfnCpeSf 
an errsur in Phis obfervation^f this fat and Green juice\ 
may rather be an excrement then Eggs ) I fjouA thinks that 
pojJibleShe lchnmmom Flys Eggs^ may be licked up^ and 
fwallowed down by Catterpillars in feedings and efcape 
digefiioni and hatch within the Catterpillars e but I 
affi'rme nothing not havingytt Jeen the Seedj or Eggs of any 
one \cdm^\xmoxilayd. 
Hitherto of the fmooth Catterpillars, both small and 
Great : In the next place we fhall Range the Hiftorys of the 
Hairy Catterpillars. 
G.f.z. _ . ‘ '^,V. * 
ip, 
Number. 78. a, 
TheC4Wer/»r///7r of ihe marked <*. feeds on 
Alder leavet^ I no'jriihed two of themjtofeeiiyhat wou’d 
come pf them; the one was a little brigMrcoloured,thea 
other. ‘ 
One 
