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brown, id the body of a flefh colour, with little white horns; covered 
with brown hair, and the eyes are black. : (Fe ee 
The Caterpillar of Indian pepper, is a handfome large infec, with a 
long red ftreak on each fide, and a white one on the back. The lat 
ring is armed with a rofe coloured horn, and on fome other rings there’ 
is a yellow fpot, bordered with rofe colour. Tt turns to an ath-colour- 
ed moth, on each fide of which there are five gold coloured {pots. _, 
. The Caterpillar of the apple tree is brown, and turns to a brow 
moth. Another on the fame tree changes to a grey moth; and a third 
which is greenifh, is metamiorphofed to a moth. Another author afs 
firms there is a fourth, of a brownith colour, with red and blue {pecké 
on each ring. It weaves itfelf a cod, and ttirns to a brown aurelia? 
which changes to a white moth, flreaked with brown. When it has 
laid its eggs, it covers them with a yellowith down, which keeps them 
fafe from the cold of the winter. baler pees 
__Merian found upon an apple tree in bloffom, a yellow hairy Cater: 
pillar, adorned with tranfverfe ftreaks, and the head was brown : be- 
hind the head there were two blue fpots, and on each ring {pots of 2. 
fleth colour. The feet were of the fame colour, and it was furnifhed 
with {mall tufts of brown hair. In Fuly it fpun a yellow wel; with 
Mmefhes like a net; and the aurelia became a white moth, variegated 
with black; and it had two broad red horns, refembling feathers, and 
©n the hinder part of the head there was a red ftreak. pian 5 
. The Carerpillar of. the pompelmous, a tree fo called in Surinam, ig 
white, with a blue head, and the body is covered with long hair'ag 
ard as iron-wire. It turns to a beautiful black Butterfly, yale 
With green, blue, and white, thining like gold and filver, age 
: The Caterpillar of the plumb tree, is green; {potted with black, and 
has a black head. When it is touched, it decends to the ground, by. 
means of a thread drawn from its mouth, by the help of which it gets 
up again. It is concealed in a leaf, rolled up, and in due time {ping 
itfelf a cod, which turns to a bright brown moth, with the back part 
and under fides, of the wings white. recuse os 
The Caterpillar of the damaceve plumb, is green, ftreaked with 
black, fpeckled with yellow. It weaves itfelf an oval cod, that fhineé 
like filver, ard is as Riff as parchment, which turns to a brown aure- 
lia, which becomes a moth, whofe lower wings are ftreaked with brown. 
and yellow. ‘here is likewife another Caterpillar belonging to the 
plumb tree, which is of a beautiful yellow, and adorned with etn 
tufts in the fhape of rods, on the back, and on the tail there is a re 
{pot. When it ftretches itfelf out, four hairy black ftreaks may be per- 
Ceived, that run acrofs:the body. Some of thefe turn to grey moths. 
In September, and others:do not change till the next April ¢ bat the 
Moths are the fame. . ‘ : eee 
- The Caterpillar of the wild plumb tree, is brown, and adorned with 
White freaks. It changes to a moth of a dull yellow colour, with 
White wings and feet, and black eyes. It covers its eges with down; 
to preferve them from the fnow, rain, and cold. here is another that 
‘8 black, flreaked with yellow, and has a thining body ; it tuens to 4 
White and yellow Butterfly, with wings adorned with black freaks, but 
© eyes and feet are black. Etre 
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