A Short Explanation 
FIG. XXIV, 
4b Two pair of cups or membranaceous buds, 
in which the wings grow, and are enclofed 
as it were in little bags. 
F IG. XXV: 
A microfcopical view of the fame Worm changed 
into a Fly with four wings. 
F 1G. XXVI. 
The footlefs Worm, found on the leaves of the 
Cabbage, of its natural fize. 
FIG. XXVIL 
The fame, Worm changed into a Nymph, repre- 
Jented lying on its belly, and of its natural fixe. 
F IG. XXVIII. 
AA microfcopical view of the fame Nymph, and in 
the Jame pofture, with tts limbs as appearing 
through their tranfparent integuments. 
aa The eyes. 
& The thorax and fome of 
~ on it.» 
¢ecc The abdominal rings. 
d@ One of the rings 
e The curled, or folded, caft off fkins, of a 
“pulmonary tube. 
Sf Part of the Cabbage leaf, to which the 
Nymph glues itfelf by this membrane. 
the hairs growing 
FIG. XXIX. 
A microfeopical-view of the fame Nymph, divefed 
of its caft_fkins, and placed on its back. 
a An eye, of one fide. 6 The two horns, 
¢ The probofcis. " dd The folded wings. 
e. The hinder pair of legs. 
Jf The extremities of the genitas], which lie, 
aS it were, out of the abdomen. 
FIG. XXX, 
Tbe Fly of the faid Nymph, of cts natural fixe. 
FIG. XXXL 
The cell, or neft of the Moth; the enchfed Worm 
of the Moth; the fame extratted ; likewife its 
| Chryfalis. and Butterfly; alfo the manner by 
“which the fein of the Chryfahs remains faftened 
to the fore end of the cell or nef: Laffly, ‘the 
“very fine threads or filaments, with which the 
neft-or cell «s lined. 
a The cell, fpacious in the middle, but nar- 
rower at each end. 
4 The thread formed by the Worm, and by 
means of which, to avoid falling, it hangs 
and faftens itfelf to the beams and walls of 
buildings, 
of the TABLES. lv 
¢ The manner in which the Worm of the 
Moth creeps out of its cafe or cell by the fore 
feet, and faftens itfelf with a thread of its 
own {pinning, in dome convenient fituation: 
d The Worm itfelf of its natural fize, with 
fixteen feet. 
e The fame changed into a Chryfalis. _ 
jf The Chryfalis changed into a winged Butters 
fly or infect, called a Moth. 
& The caft fkins of the Chryfalis, projecting a 
little beyond the cafe. 
6 The internal furface of the cafe, very ever 
and {mooth. 
FIG. XXXIL 
A fmnall Worm found in mufe-bags, and its 
changes. 
a The Worm. 
and paper. ox 
c Its oval web. d Its Nymph. 
e The Beetle produced by the faid Nymph. 
6 Holes made by it in wood 
Eo Geek Xe 
A Worm found upon leaves, in very black cafess 
a The manner in which the Worm carries its 
cafe about with it. 
b The Fly produced by the faid Worm: 
Fl Gh OxodVy 
Another fpecies of aWorm, that carries its cafe oF 
cell about with ié. 
c The cell of a triangular form at its upper end, 
d A notturnal Butterfly or Moth, into which 
the faid Worm changes. 
e A Fly, into which another {pecies of thefe 
Worms changes. 
J A little Fly, into which the third part of the 
faid Worms was changed. I found fix of 
feven of thefe very minute Worms. 
F I Gs XXXV, 
A pyramidal cell, formed by a Caterpillar that 
inhabits it, and moves about with it. This 
cell or tube 1s compofed of bits of wood, fo.as te 
. refemble a piece of cheque or mofaic work, 
Fi LGo0 XXXVI 
A tube or cell formed of fand by a Sea-Worm: 
Te Ae Bee EVA. 
The flow growths or accretions of the F rOg’, 
and Garden Clove-July-Flower, in which 
they refemble the infects, 
The figures on the left hand fide exhibited, 
No. I. The Frog’s egg, or the Worm of the 
Frog, within its frft coat, or integument, 
refembling 
