I took this tForM the 2 zd. of Augufi^ t6fp. 4«d I kept 
it a whole Year inaGlafl'e bottle, with Earth put in the 
bottome t To which Finje&ed the feedof Heitbite, with 
aWhite flower, there is another Herb of that name , 
withF«>y/e flowers') and I obferved in the evening the 
Worm to be wont to come forth^ up from the bottom of 
the BottIe,that it might feed upon the Herb, and Flower, 
before defcribed j this being done, again it hid it felf 
within the Earth 5 for never or very feldom, if do’s ap- 
pear, in the Day time, above ground. 
After the Wormet of this kind have eaten enough, and 
have come to the juft Magnitude of body, they feek 
high places j that they mayfafely<juie(ce, and that they 
may pleafingly compofe themfelves to Transformation, 
which they expeft. 
This Worm feems to come from the feed of thofe Bef 
which eat the leaves of trees, and which is very fre- 
quent in Hoffandnponthetops of Trees in for then 
their nourifbment every where abounds. 
This kind is wont to ftay above ground two whole 
Months, ora little more, the reft of the Months of the 
Year, it lyes, hid under ground and ufeth no nourifh- 
ment 5 like to a dead thiag, and it do’s always, unmov- 
ed, plainly quiefce 5 bu: touched with a hot hand, or 
otherwife , it forthwith ftirrs ; as I have 'often tryed. 
And this alfb of this kind of 5ee#/e, never to be found 
two or more joyned under ground; butalwayes Solitary. 
Before the Worms hitherto defcribed,were transformed 
iaioSeetles, they hadUved over theforth Year. 
The Worm of this 3<iWe,dtd begin to change it’s forme 
ottthe^d.ofseptemherii6$8.and I have defcribed the 
manner of ii®# Traafmutation ; and in May ^ 1 ^ 59 . 
from that came a depided alfb; 
It lives long, provided it besot ftarved 5 for want of 
food $ or through the vehemence of the cold. 
Pa Nutober 
