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ing’s, or any sort, of woollen cloth, minding' 
what is used be crumpled a little together, that 
cells or concealments may be formed for the Ear- 
wigs to secrete themselves. 
Bundles of bean straw, about eight or nine 
inches long, and eight or ten straws thick or in 
number, tied together, and hung in various parts of 
the tree, close to the wall, also afford them a 
desirable shelter. It will be proper to examine the 
lures every two or three days, and immerse the whole 
in scalding water. If this has been neglected till 
they are fixed under branches and leaves as above, 
straw might be laid in a drill, (as directed for 
Wood-Lice), then go over the whole tree, moving 
with the hand all such places as are likely for 
them to lodge in, which will cause them to fall 
down and retire under the straw, which affords a 
good opportunity to scald them, as directed for 
Wood-Lice. 
These trees are not so liable to be attacked 
by Caterpillars as the generality of trees, but they 
are frequently annoyed by one species, which 
stations itself early in the spring. It is of a dark 
grey ; attains to about an inch and a half in 
length, forms a chrysalus at the fore-end of June, 
which produces the perfect insect, I believe a 
species of Noctua. This is a pretty large moth, 
variously marked with buff lines; the ground 
colour is brown. It establishes its progeny in 
August, in different plants, where they feed till 
about the latter end of September, on leaves of 
