NATURAL HISTORY. 
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The GREEN MARBLED BUTTERVLY. 
HEN the coleworts and cauliflowers 
begin to heart, the perfeft infeft of this ca- 
terpillar is chiefly found depofiring her eggs 
upon the leaves. The heat of the fun foon 
vivifies the eggs, and brings forth the faid ca- 
terpillars, which immediately begin to con- 
iume the vegetables above mentioned. They 
bear the heat of the fun very eafily : but 
they cannot endure long rains, and frequent 
fliowers ; for in fuch weather they walte fo 
fall a«, in a very fliort time, to have no more 
remaining of their being, but the Ikin. — 
'i'his worm begins to purge itfelf and pre- 
pare for its transformation, about the 3d of 
Augull ; and on the feventeenth of the fame 
month the butterfly is produced. 1 his per- 
fect infed is very inadive, and flow in its 
motion. It however generally exifts during 
the winter : and fometimes it has been found 
alive when the fpring has been far advanced. 
The YELLOW UNDER-WINGED 
MOTH. 
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I HIS kind of infed is of all the mofl; dif- 
ficult to be obtained. Lifter fought in vain, 
a conliderable time, to find in what place and 
manner 
