ge NATURAL HISTORY. 
ers and the fruit, and becomes a fine Butterfly, the upper part of whofé 
wings are black, and beneath of a golden colour, bordered, fpotted, 
and ftreaked with black. ‘Lhe back of the Butterfly is adorned with 
{mall red fpecks.e : 
The meadow pink Caterpillar, is of a bright brown colour, mixed 
with black and white fpots. It gets into the earth before it is changed 
to an Aurelia, and in the month of June becomes a noéurnal Butterflys 
with yellow under wings. 
The Arrach Caserpillar becomes a fmall red noéurnal Butterfly is 
June; and it is of a blue green; but the Butterfly is of a bright brown. 
Wild Arrach feeds feveral forts of Caterpillars; for Merian {peaks 
of a Caterpillar of a bright green, that feeds on the leaves of this plant. 
She continues in the fame ftate till duguf, when fhe is transformed to 
a brown Aurelia, and on the following night the Butterfly proceeds 
therefrom, of the colour of a faded leaf. There is another Caterpillar 
belonging to this plant, of a blueifh green, which is very flow, and 
changes her fkin four times, affuming a new one as fhe quits the olde 
‘On the fourth of Scpiember one of thefe produced a magzot, that was 
in continual agitation, which continued for fourteen hours, and then 
ihe appeared of a dufky pale colour. She continued in this condition 
till the 26th of Seprember, and then a Flie came out, of a common form, 
with long feet, flat at the end, and a large head. She died on the 
third of Odeber. Albin {peaks of another belonging to the garden-ar- 
rach, which continued feeding till September, and then ihe hid herfelf ia 
the earth, and did not turn to an Aurelia till July following ; from 
whence proceeded a nocturnal Butterfly, of the colour of a faded leaf. 
The Caterpillar of Jerufalem artichokes is of a brown colour, with 4 
yellow belly, with an ath-coloured line that parts the brown from thé 
yellow. She likewife feeds upon other plants, and does a great dea 
of damage in gardens. She changes into a Butterfly with yellow wings 
' dpotted with black. Goedard {peaks of another Caterpillar, that feeds 
mpon the leaves of this plant, and produces a Butterfly with wings af 
white as fnow, and a body of a light yellowith colour. This Butterfly 
flies about, and is fond of liberty. ‘The fame plant nourifhes a hair¥ 
Caterpillar, that was obferved to change her fkin the 13th of Augu/s 
and on the fixth of September the began to feed again. She began t@ 
Rape onthe 10th af the fame month, but the metamorphotis was 
not changed again till the ninth of May following, and then it becamé 
a white Butterfly. : 
The Caterpillar of the white thorn, is of feveral colours, and alf@ 
feeds upon the leaves of fruit-trees. It fpins a grey cod, and change 
into a brown Aurelia. When touched it rolls itfelf up, and a whité 
nocturnal Putterfly proceeds from it, that dies after laying yellow eggs 
The Caterpillar of the alder-tree is white, variegated with whilé 
freaks and {pots ; the head is black, and on the fore part of the bod¥ 
there are dix feet, in the middle twelve, and behind two, that are fmall- 
‘Towards the end of Yune, it changes into an Aurelia, that becomes 4 
white nocturnal Butterfly fourteen days afterwards, {potted with black 
‘This tree feeds feveral other Butterflies, one of which has two hooks 
of a yellow colour, and fo is the reft of the body, with a mixture of 
ame colour. A Butterfly proceeds from hence, variegated with dive” 
ee colours 
