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this laft mentioned infe& were colle&ted during that period, at the 
expenfe of the refpeétive parifhes where they appeared moft nus 
merous, and were publicly byrnt by order of the magiftrates.—The 
Yellow Tail Moth is allied in fome degree to the Brown Tail Moth, 
though evidently diftiné. : 
The Yellow Tail Moth is found in the month of July, feeding on 
the white-thorn, fallow, apple, and fome other fruit trees. About 
the latter end of the fame month, it fpins a web of tough texture 
againft the branches of trees, in which it changes to the pupa flate, 
and the Fly comes forth in Auguft. aa 
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