166 NATURAL HISTORY, 
a diamond. It turns to a buzzing moth, mottled with iron-grey and 
white, and the body is ftreaked on each fide with bright red, and on 
the back with black. © 
‘The Caterpillar of the paftion flower, turns to a fmall Butterfly; and 
there is another that changes to a ted and brown infeat; befides a third 
that is metamorphofed to a {potted Flie, furnifhed with delicate clover 
feet, o : 
* The dock Caterpillar is of a deep yellow, with dark brown ftreaks, 
placed in the form of acrofs. In May it turns to a brown aurelia, and 
in June to a-moth, ftreaked with white and brown, ierian fed a 
Caterpillar with this plant, that was at firk freaked with dark green, 
which by little and little, turned to a yellow, and then brown. It 
changed in Afay to a fmall aurelia, of a bright brown, whofe upper 
part refembled the head of a bird. Fourteen days afterwards it be- 
came a {mail moth, with red eyes, anda red fireak on every wings 
round which there was a ted border. 3 ; 
"The poppy Caterpillar is black and yellow, from whence a moth pro- 
cae in Fune. The fame plant feeds worms, that gfterwards become 
fe ere ae ae apf ay : ge 
"The Caterpillar of the peach tree, has a head and back of a bright 
brown, and turns to an aurelia, which becomes a moth, ‘and on whofe 
upper wings there are white lines. 
"The Caterpillar of the poplar tree, has a brown back, and a pale 
red belly; it becomes a beautiful Moth, of a dark brown, ftreaked with 
white. Goedard takes notice of another that is white, which turns to a 
beautiful white Butterfly. : 
"The Caterpillar of the lark’s foot, an herb fo called, is of a curious 
colour, variegated with freaks and fpots, in’ Fuly it changes toa brown 
aurelia; and in May following to a rofe coloured moth, adorned with 
black and white. ‘The flowers feed a green and white Caterpillar, which. 
turns to a brown moth : 
* ‘Lhe plantain Caterpillar is of a green colour, but turns to a brown 
aurelia and in December becomes a brown moth. The {mall plantain 
feeds a bright green Caterpillar, ftriped with white the length of the 
body, and each ring is adorned with a white {pot ; at the end of Fuly 
it becomes a brown aurelia, and in Augu/ff a moth, with the upper 
wings whits, and the lower grey; but the eyes are black, as well as 
thechornges 4" 
Tbe Caterpillar of the pear tree, has a blackith body furnithed with 
yellowifh rufts, and on the fore part of the body there are three claws, 
in the middle eight feet, of an oaker colour, and behind two more of 
the fame colour. It changes its ikin, feveral times, after which it {pins 
a white web, and turns to a brown aurelia, and fourteen days after- 
wards it becomes a beautiful bright brown Butterfly, fireaked and {pot 
ted with divers colours, On the {ame tree there is a white Caterpillar 
with a black head, which goes out of its cell in a morning to feed, 
and then returns back ; when it is full grown, it {pins a white web, 
that turns to an aurelia, and then becomes a moth, which lays its 
eggs and dies. There is another white Caterpillar, when this tree is 
in bloffom, with red {pots on the back, and.a brown head. In the 
middle of July it turns to an anrelia, and at the end of that month to 
a white moth, variegated with black. The lower wings are of a bright 
in oe ea ae Se eit shes an Ga. i ‘ a brown, 
