C 8o ^ 
being willing to be troubled with the feeding of them, 
'efpecially knowing what they wou'd come to. 
Note that aU that is related in the agree* 
dhk to our objervaiions^ there Ichneumon 
the Chryfalisj of an ^x\xo3i:alfo bsfdes the By-birihjjfAef^ 
the Butterfiy^iz^/i. Tfc Gdnuin and Legitimate off'JprJ^. 
In the Hiftorys there are two things very pngutar : 
Xhe firp // (9jf a Butteifly^ with* 
out IVings^ this I fay is^ no By-birth^j hnt a Monfter in Nri» 
tUY^^pfch as the birth of a Bird wou^d^be withmt ^ings» 
The Second is y et more wonderfutl ^ that this /je Monlter 
fiould lay her Eggs C which thing is common to alt the Eut* 
tcxEy ptnd as foon as hornf) without the Copulation of 
^Male^^ and that which is moji remarkable ) thefe Eggs 
jhoud be Hatched^ that is ProIifEck, without the Male ^ 
Vid. Ma'pigium de Bombyce ) where one of the bep ob* 
fervationsinthat piece isthedkizngo^ of colour in the Eggs^ 
ofptch Females as have admitted the Male h and thatfuch 
Eggs as are lay d without the admittance of the Alale^ doe 
not chdiXigp into that colour^ and are not Prohffi ck y This 
J can apirme that I had a Butterfly which layd her Eggs in 
a Box^ and that thep Hatched therein after a certain time ^ 
but whether the Butterfly had admitted the Male before i 
iookher^^ I cannot fay. , 
. ..y’’ yisiiiinber. jp. ^ 
The Cafterpillar of the79^<?i. r^i/e,feeds upon Plum- 
tree leaves^ It is a wonderfull Figure^ on the back it has 
Four Yellowifti Brufhcs 5 or Tuits of hair^ out of the 
.Fore-head grow two ocher Tufts^ like Snarl homes ^ on 
each fids are two other Tufts like th^^^ 
the 
