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manner it depofited the eggs. After many 
trials and enquiries, he placed one upon a 
leaf, which he had no fcjpner done, than it 
began to cover itfelf with a woolly fubflancc, 
feemingly as a prefervation againft wet rT 
cold. The leaf, being in a little time open- 
ed, he found a green feed ; and he found 
that the infeft fed on goofeberry-leaves, or 
curling vines ; and alfo the leaves of white, 
black, and red currants. It began about the 
end of June to prepare for its llate of tranf- 
forination, in which it remained until the 
13th of July, when a butterfly, fpotted with 
black and white, fprung forth, to enjoy its 
new ftate of perfetl being. Y/hen touched, 
or fuffered to fall, it remained lb nioiionlels 
as to appear entirely dead. 
7 he NUT-TREE MOTH, 
T^HISworm, or caterpillar, delights in 
rofe-leaves ; but they are not fo ravenous as 
others : for they have long intervals between 
their meals. They feldom change their leaf 
until it is entirely confumed. 'I'heir colour 
is very elegant. The upper part of the bo- 
dy is of a beautiful yellow. But they are 
not fo beautiful after, as before feeding ; 
for their flcin is fo thin as to be tinged by the 
colour of whatever food they eat. Before 
it difpofes itfelf for transformation, the body 
alfumei 
