8 PLA TE XXXIX. 
FIG. TL 
6 PUSTALATA. 
Head, Thorax, and Shells black, with three red Spots on each 
Shell, Length r¥ line. _ 
Be iloGer % 
PUNE EAT 
Lapy Cow, or Lapy Birp. 
Head and Thorax black, Shells red, with feven black Spots; 
Jength, three or four lines. 
A 
The hiftory of thofe feveral infe@s fo nearly refemble each other, 
that one general account will comprife all that can be faid of any of 
the fpecies. The larva is not unlike the adult infe&t, though its body 
is Jonger and tapering, and it bath no fhells to defend it if in danger 5 
jts fecurity therefore depends on its feet, which are rather longer, or at 
Jeaft appear longer, than in the after-ftate; all the fpecies, whether as 
the larva or the adult, commonly feed on grafs, but they as frequently are 
taken on the plantain, thiftle and rofe, or any other plant, whether wild 
or cultivated, They faften themfelves to the leaves of any plant that 
js near when they enter the Chryfalis Rate, and its appearance is then 
as if it were tied to the leaf by threads which pafs each other in tranf- 
verfe dire€tions ; they remain only a few days in the Chryfalis, as it 
undergoes but litde change. May, June, and July, or later if the 
~ weather fhould prove fine, is the time to find them; many of the 
{pecies are fo numerous in almoft every fituation, that collectors give 
little trouble to obtain them, or at leaft fearch for fuch only as are moft 
vacommon, 
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