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TaN DE EG. 
Further particulars. Pally Gays 
f their eggs, and how they faften them to the bran- 
ches of trees. 166 
Various fpecies of Butterflies, of their chryfallides and 
eggs. B.. Ty 14 
Of their Worms. P.IL gg 
A fecond fpecies. P.-E. ago 
A third. 15 
Of their generation, change, eggs, Caterpillar, web, 
Chryfalis, difference between the male and female, oe- 
conomy, and copulation. PB. I< 9 
Different fpecies of them, 142. Bed. (: 4o54,"88 
BUPRESTES, a {pecies of Beetle. 125 
BYSSUS, what itis. 64. 
C 
CGiBRAGE LEAVES, footlefs Worms found in them. 
P. [l. 98 
CHAMELION, the manner of its extending its tongue. 
180 
The fpleen, or organs of hearing, obferved in it by 
the Author. ib. 
The latter opens into its mouth. 215 
CALVES lick themfelves in the uterus. I40 
The contents of their inteftines mixed with hairs. 186 
CANCELLUS MARINUS, or Hermit fifh, briefly de- 
defcribed. 66 
Its external parts, 86, and following pages. 
-Its internal parts, 89, and following pages. 
Various fpecies of it. 87 
CANTHARIS, or the golden Beetle, itsWorm. P. II. 82 
Various fpecies of it. 125, 
CIVET, how to know if it is good. 163 
CATERPILLARS, are not changed into Nymphs, but 
become fuch by on accretion of their limbs. 
Cannot be changed before they have arrived at their full 
growth. 15 
Further particulars concerning them. 16, 17, P. Ii. 
I, 8, 9, 70 
agli 
A variety of Caterpillars. ‘ 3 
Difference between them and Chryfallides. P. II. 14 
Other obfervations upon them. Pill. 18.) 25,150 
Of the Caterpillar that feeds upon Cabbage-leaves, 
| A Ne 
A Caterpillar of the Bindweed kind. Po as 7D 
Belongs to the third order of changes. the Fly pro- 
duced from it. Po dt. a8 
“The Brazil wood-eating Caterpillar, whofe female has 
no wings. P.JI. 5. Its wonderful neft. P.I. g 
The Caterpillars of Butterflies often contain in them 
Worms, which changetocommon Flies. P. I. 71 
Many that feed on Nettles, afterwards become diurnal 
Butterflies. | soiuall ainsiac 
CHANGES, four orders of them, which agree with the 
accretion or increafe of fanguiferous animals, and of 
plants. 1g 
Compared together. P.T. ar 
See Order. 
CHRYSALIS, why fo called. P. II. 16. It neither is 
‘anegg, nor generates like an ege. 11, Exhibits all the 
parts of the future infect as plain as the infect itfelf. 3. 
Signifies only a particular quality of the Nymph 3. Is 
no more than a. gold-coloured Nymph. 4. The differ- 
ence between it and the Nymph merely accidental. 
3, 7, 8. ‘This difference confifts only in its having a 
thicker and harder fkin than the Nymph, and in its not 
fhewing externally fo diftinctly the limbs of the future 
Infe&t. 8. The reafon of this want of diftinétnefs. 6. 
‘There is no internal difference between the Chryfalis 
and the Nymph, andwhy? 6. Internally it exhibits 
like the Nymph all the parts of the future infect. 4, 5. 
and is in reality the future infect itfelf. 4. How it 
changes to a Butterfly. dedi Wig te 
‘The words Chryfalis and Nymph fignify, and are are in 
reality, the fame thing. 
‘The Chryfalis and Nymph compared. P. II. 7. The 
difference between them. 7}. Hard to be accounted for 
7- In what manner its limbs are difpofed. P. If. 7. 
Why its limbs cannot be fo eafily diftinguifhed. 5. 
Its coat or fkin of an unequal thicknefs. 5, 8. From 
whence proceeds its gold colour. 6. Its fize, naked- 
harder than the Nymph’s. 7. ‘The hardnefs of thé 
‘fkin not accidental. g 
An account of what happens the Chryfalis on its be 
found, all ferve to account for its {kin being firmer and 
nefs, and the fituation of the places where they are 
coming a Butterfly. 6. Quite abfurd to attribute a hu- 
man face to it. 72. ‘The Author can at any time de 
monftrate in it all the parts of the Infect that is to iflue 
from it. 
Chryfalis, found within the leaves of the Alder, and its 
Butterfly. PB. LL. 875,188 
CLOVE-JULY-FLOWER, its changes compared with 
thofe of Infects. ) Lah Deo reots 
A defcription of it. 1g PU en eS 
-COMBS, or the cells of Bees, are made of wax, and 
filled with honey. 163 
CORMORANTS, how made ufe of in catching of 
fith. 193 
CORALS, how they grow. 65 
COCHINEAL, obfervations on it. 182 
CONU AMONIS, defcribed. 67 
COSSUS, the Worm from which the Beetle is produced, 
defcribed. 133, and following pages. 
Its Nymph, defcribed. 140, I4E 
Further defcribed. 142, 144, 145 
COCK, how he makes the Hen prolific. 222 
COLD protraéts, and heat haftens, the changes of In- 
fects. 173 
CROCODILE, has a Cat’s eye. 142 
CRICKETS, and Mole Crickets, how they make a 
noife. 
Referred to the fecond order. 
CUTTLE-FISH, {mall parts found in them. 58 
Defcribed at large. P. I. 139, and following pages. 
D 
AY-FLY. See Ephemerus. 
DEVORATUR of Goedaert, what ? 123 
DIAPHRAGM, an experiment on it. 122 
DIARIA. See Ephemerus. 
DOG-ROSE, Worms found in its.excrefcences. P. II. gs 
DRONE, the Bee called fo, what? 166 
DRAGON-FLY, called by different Authors Orfodena; 
Libella, Mordella, Perla, which fee. 
DUCK-WEED, its root contains air, and it receives its 
nourifhment through the pores of its root. P.II, 118 
DRAKE, tne particular conftrudtion of its penis. P. I. 73 
13) 
FAR WIG, belongs to the fecond order of changes. 97 
Can hide very large wings in a. {mall theath. 114 
EARTH-WORMS, have one inteftine in another. 
yaa 
The Egg is the real infe&, but furrounded with a fine 
Covered with ahard fhell. 133 
EGGS fupplied with an extraneous nourifhment. 101, 102 
This illuftrated by the motion of eggs in women. P. II. 
109 
Not broken in the fame manner inall infeGs. P.II. 6 
Their various conftruction in different creatures. 202 
EMBRYO, very little difference between the fmall guts, 
colon, and ftraight gut of the human embryo. P. Il. 
118 
EPHEMERUS, belongs ta the fecond order of chan- 
ges. 6 
Called Mut by the Dutch. 2. 
By no means produced by a Chryfalis, as Clutius af- 
firms. ibe 
By what Authors defcribed. 103, 104 
ry what time of the year, day, and hour, it begins to 
1Ve ii4 
Where, and how long, it flies, and how foon it dies. 
103 
Obferved to continue fying for the fpace of three, and 
fometimes four, and even five days. 117 
In what manner it is {upported in its fight on the fur- 
face of the water. 116 
Does not eat during its appearance in the Fly form. 117 
Wp: How 
