( *30 > 
G.?.% Number. laS. 
T'aL^S. \ 
The JTdrm oF the 138#^ Tablet >s moftly upoo the 
leaves of Elder 5 for the moft part it is on elegant whitifb 
colour, and yellowifb > which afterwards becomes 
blackifo. 
It feeds of the little creatures, which are often to 
be found on the cxtream twigs of the Elder : thcfe 
are theofEpring of 4 »//i bred of a humid feed, lay- 
- ed by the Ants nponthe extream boughs of the Elder, 
and, by the heat of the Sun, cherifhed and brought to 
maturitie j that thefe little creatures mi^t be bred of 
it. Alfo the Ants are continually at hand, to deien 4 
them again ft this Worm. &ct 
It you wou’d know whence this Worm is bred, I an- 
Iwer that it is bred of fiich a Fly> as is depi^ied in the 
Table^ which is wont to lay its feed upon the leaves of 
the Elder, well knowing thefe little creatures to be 
there, which may fetve it finr food^and from the feed 
©f this Bly,this {^«r/s;>cheriniedby theheat ofthe Sun, 
doth come. 
When! bad fed this for sj dayes with its due food, it 
left eating, as though it wou’d have begun its change^ 
but Two dayes after it put on the glorious colour 
before named j which done, it again devoured the lit. 
tie creatures ; and laft of ally the z 6 th June it did 
compofe it felf for change, and did remain in that ftate^ 
to the 13 on which day came forth a Fly, 
very like that of the t^oth Table abovcy but a little 
bigger, and Yellow on the forepart, it lived fafting till 
the 17 of Jnlj, 
Number, 
