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SECT. E, 
CaTERPILLARS whofe Shoulders rife into an angular Figure, having no 
‘Holders behind, oe 
ete On: 7: L Br S, Eas 
HE PUSS-MOTH. Though the Caterpillar of this Fly feems moft fond 
of the Willow, it is often found on the Abele, or Poplar Tree. It has a Power 
: of firetching out, and putting back its Head, at Pleafure ; which it feems to do as 
it thinks itfelf more or lefs in Danger. It is armed with two Tubes at the End of the Tail, 
and two others within thofe, of a Blood red Colour, which it nimbly, if touched by any 
Thing, darts out : The Ufe of thefe is (as I apprehend) to prevent the Ichneumon Flies from 
{ettling on them; but, notwithftanding thofe Flies are often able to remain long enough 
to leave their Eggs behind : In fuch Cafe, the Moth is not produced, but, inftead_ thereof, 
the Ichnemon pidtured in the Plate. Such Caterpillars as the Tchneumons have not fixed their 
Eges on, ufually go into the GChryfalis State at the Beginning of Augu/f, on the Body of the 
Tree, and generally near the Ground, the Caterpillar enawing the Wood into a Kind of Saw- 
duft; which, mixing with a glutenous Matter, or Cement, that comes from its Mouth, 
makes a hard Cafe, in which the Chryfalis is formed, on the outfide of the Tree ; the Moth 
appears the May following. 'Thefe Maths are feldom taken in the Fly-ftate ; but may eafily 
be obtained by breeding the Caterpillars, which may be found at the fame Time, and in the 
fame Places, where you take thofe that produce the Willow and Poplar Hawks. 
Figure 2, in the fame Plate, reprefents a Moth called the KITTEN. The Caterpillar 
feedson Black Thorn, Willow, Sc. becomes a Chryfalis at the Beginning of Auguft, and the 
Moth is bred in May. The Caterpillar and Fly are rarely to be met with. 
See Liffer’s Godart. N. 20. Moufet. P. 183. Raii Hitt. Infect. P. 153. Albin, PL. §%- 
Rofel, Cl. 11. Tab. 19. Reaumur, Pl. 21. Pag. 282. Vol. 2 
The Willow. = 
Salix. 
il. 
