sé “NATURAL HISTORY. 
Geodard {peaks of another that feeds upon cherry-tree leaves, one of 
which began to change to an aurelia on the fixth of June, and on thé 
fourteenth of the fame month, it became a Butterfly, of a very odd 
coieur; for it feemed to be cloathed with a patched garment, and thé 
heck was like a piece of cloth, made up of a mixture of white and black. 
The Caterpillar of our ladies thifle, are of feveral kinds, fome of 
which be¢ome {mall black Flies, and others beautiful little Butterflies. 
Goedard: {peaks of one covered with down, and very fearful, that can- 
not bear cold nights. It is blackifh, with prickles on the back of the 
fame colour, only they are a little yellow at the points. 
The beech Caterpillar is of a yellow colour, variegated with black. 
{pots and freaks, and having on the fore part of the body fix black 
feet, eight in the middle, and two yellow ones behind. It is very flowy 
and ftands flock fill when touched. It produces a fmall no@urnalk 
coloured Butterfly, whofe fpots on the upper part are croffed with 
others that are red, that fhine very much, and the lower wings are 
fpatted with red. It feldom flies, but keeps among the grafs and on 
the flowers; the eggs are yellow. er 
The oak Caterpillar is ftriped with yellow and green, and when it 
cafts its fkin, it becomes brown; likewife when it cafts its fkin againg 
it becomes of a dark red. It feeds on oak leaves till September, and 
then turns toa brown aurelia, which in December is changed to a brown 
nocturnal Butterfly, {potted with yellow and white. 
Albin takes notice of feveral oak Caterpillars, one of which is yellows 
with a black angular line, running along the back. It changes to @ 
beauriful no@urnal Butterfly, whofe upper wings are of a gold coloury 
and the belly and lower wings of the colour of cream, clouded with 
gold and rofe colours.. Another is of a bright yellow, with reddifh 
fpots, and feveral points on-the ‘tail. It ‘wraps itfelf up in the oak 
leaves, and im September it turns to an aurelia, which in dpril becomes 
a nocturnal Butrerfly, with a back and upper wings of a pale greeny 
and the inner fide of the edges of a fcarlet colour. 
The fame author foeaks of another, which changes its fkin twices 
and then becomes of a bright brown, inclining to an afh-colour, an 
afterwards to a no€urnal Butterfly, variegated with white and black: 
\nother oak Caterpillar is of a bright brown; another of a pale reds 
a.third green, and a fourth yellow. This laft is of an extraordinary 
fhape, which in Yune becomes a butterfly, whofe furface is of a dar 
brown, and feems to be laid on a purplith blue, 
Kedi acquaints us, that on the twelfth of July an oak branch w49 
brought to him, on whofe leaves were above thirty Caterpillars, placed é 
in a regular order: they were clothed with white fhort hair, and thei® 
bodies were {peckled with feveral colours, as yellow, orange, grey, ane 
black: they had a yellowith crefcent on the head, which was of a thit- 
ing chefput colour: they feemed to be all motionlefs, and were P 
into a large box, where iti two days time they cait their fkins, and f 
gan to eat oak leaves; they continued to feed till the twenty fecond © 
the fame month, when they retired to the corner of the box, and D& 
came motionlefs again: they continued fo two days, and then calt 
their fkin a fecond time, after which they became lively, their bodies 
being larger, and their hairs more long: they fed very greedily titi the 
firft of dugufl, when they left off, became weak and fimall, and se 
