ag8 NATURAL HISTORY. 
_ The fern Caterpillar is of a beautiful bright green, and changes to & 
noGurnal Butterfly, of a bright brown, whofe upper wings are brows 
and white. 
The Caterpillar of the German broom, is green, with a black iripe 
running along the back, and under it on each fide, there is a white 
firipe. It {pins a web in the middle of Fune, with methes like a nets 
and at the beginning of Fuly it changes to a {mall no@urnal Butterfly, 
of a bright green. ‘The wings are marked with tranfverfe white ftreaksy 
inclining to green, and it flies very fwiftly. here is another Cater 
terpillar belonging te this fhrub, which is black, and on. each joint 
there is two fmall blue {pots, adorned with a tuft of hair. The head, 
and all the feet, are of an oaker colour. At the end of June, it {pins 
a grey web, and turns to a brown aurelia, with ahead covered with 
“black hair. In the middle of Fuly it becomes a no@urnal Butterfly, 
of a dark yellow colour, ftreaked with brown, and the horns refembile 
feathers. 
The gum-gutta Caterpillar is very large, and freaked with green 
and black ; it feeds on the leaves of this plant, and becomes a ftately | 
Butterfly. ! 
The grafs Caterpillar is of a bright green, and.on each fide, of the 
body before, there are fix fmall feet, eight in the middle, and two 
behind. It turns to a green auirelia, from whence. proceeds a {mall 
beautiful Butterfly, variegated with brown and black ftripes and -i{pots. 
It has two {mall horns, {potted with white and black, and-two fine 
green eyes. “It flies very iwiftly. ‘There are other Caterpillars bee 
longing to the different forts of grafts; one of which is of a bright browns 
{potted with black and yellow. It fleeps by day, and by night is i 
continual mofion. 3 
Another is green, and changes to what is called the brown meadow 
Butterfly. Another again is yellow, with a brown head, -and chane 
ges to a no@urnal Butterfly, called rhe Wood Leopard. On the grafs 
of marfhes there are two, one of which is of a dark red, and changes 
to a nocturnal Butterfly or Moth, and the other green, changing to @ 
nocturnal Butterfly, of a reddith colour. ; 
Merian takes notice of a large brown Caterpillar, that feeds upon 
common grafs, which is variegated with yellow and white, and has 4 
fmall tuft of black hair on the head, on the tail there is a prickle re+ 
fembling a fmall horn, and on each fide there are fmall tufts of white. 
hair that cover the legs. It delights in moift places, and in the mid- 
dle of Fuae {pins a yellowith cod, from whence proceeds a noéurnal 
Butterfly or Moth, at the end of the month. It is of a faded yellow 
colour, and acrois each wing there is a brown ftreak, with two white 
fpots, and a narrow border of brown. It lays white eggs. 
The grenadier Caterpillar feeds upon a plant fo called, in Surinam 
It is of a yellow colour, and in Afay turns to a fine Butterfly, of 2 
blueifh filver colour, bordered with a brown ftripe, marked with white 
half-moons; but underneath it is brown, {potted with yellow. It ap- 
pears through a microfcope to be covered with blue tiles, like thof¢ 
that cover houfes. The largeft feathers are ranged in a beautiful ordet 
ou the wing, and look like thofe of a peacock’s tail, being very brilliant. 
The Caterpillar of the white goofeberry-buth, has a grey body, with 
@ black ftripe on the back: they are hairy, and the head is a 
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