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y4a NATURAL HISTORY. 
faid caterpillars, which. immediately begin te,con- 
fume the vegetables above mentioned. They bear 
the heat of the fun very eafily ; but they cannot en- 
dure long rains and frequcit fhowers ; for in fuch. 
weather they watte fo faft as, in avery fhort time, to” 
have no more remaining of their being, but the fkin, 
—This worm begins to purge itfelf and prepare for - 
its transformation, about the.3d of Auguft; and on 
the feventeenth of the fame month the butterfly is 
produced. This perfeét infect is Nish inactive and 
tlow in its motion. It however generally exifts dur=. 
ing the winter ; and fometimes it has been found a~ 
"tive when the {pring has been far advanced. 
— $oSRE TCTEHOH— 
YELLOW UNDER WINGED MOTH. 
"Vurs kind of infectis of all the moft dificult to be 
obtained. Lifter fought in vain, a confiderable time, 
to find in what place and manner it depofited the eggs. 
After many trials and enquiries, he placed one upon 
a leaf, which he had no fooner done, than it began to 
_cover itfelf with a woolly fubflance, feemingly asa 
prefervation againft wet or cold. The leaf being in 
a little time opened, he found a green feed ; and he 
found that the infect 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 pre- 
pare for its {tate of transformation, in which it re- 
mained until the 13th of July, when a butterfly, 
fpotted with black and white, fprung forth, to enjoy 
its new ftate of perfect being. When touched, or 
fuffered to fall, it remained fo motionlefs as to appear 
entirely dead. 
