INTRODUCTION 
THE Females (efpecially of the Moth Kinds) feldom, if ever, take Wing till they have 
been cocked : they often continue in Conjunction twelve Hours and more, after which the Fe- 
male lays her Egos, flies about for a Time, and then dics: The Females of fome Kinds 
are without Wings, 
Tue Males (of fome Species) have a furprizing Quicknefs. and DiftinGion in their Senfe of 
Smelling, exceeding that of the Blood-Hound, or any other Creature yet known ; forifa 
Female be concealed in a Box, and there are any Males within half a Mile or more, they 
will fly dire€tly to the Place, and hover round it. By this Means a Dozen Male Lgger= 
Moths have been taken in an Hour’s Time, and that at about Twelve o’Clock at Noon, as 
may be feen in the Account of the Egger- Moth. : ; 
Tuer Continuance jn the Fly State depends greatly on the Weat 
ftroyed as foon as bred, by Storms of Hail, c. but if the Seafon 
will live for 4 Fortnight, three Weeks, or 1 
her, many Pies being de- 
Proves favourable, many 
onger, and fome even all the Winter through. 
The Diftin@ion of Morus and Burrerrites, 
Le Bees and BUTTERFLIES agree in their Progreffion from the Egg to the Fy State, 
are different when in that State, in the following Particulars. 
BUTTERFLIES have a Ball or Knob at the Extremity of each of their dutenne, or Horns. 
Tue Horns of MOTHS have not fuch Balls or Knobs, but are conftantly threaded or 
pointed : except the Males of fome Species, whofe Horns are ramified, or in the Form of Combs, 
Att BUTTERFLIES ttle with their Wings ereét, and generally keep them in that 
Pofture, unlef when basking in the Sun. 
_Mosr MOTHS do not 
clining to their Feet. 
ALL BUTTERFLIES come abroad by Day-Li 
MOTHS fy, fome by Day-Light, fome 
Night. fore: 
N. B, Tuerrisas 
more flat and hollow ; 
the Burnet. 
fettle with their Wings ere@, but place them horizontally , Or in- 
ght, and chiefly when the Sun fhines bright. 
by Twilight, and fome in the Dead of 
pecies of Fly betwixt the Afoth and the Butter fy, 
whofe Horns are 
this is deferib’d in the fecond Book of this Work, 
by the Name of 
Concerning the Food of the Fy. 
HE Food of thefe Creatures in the F 
a they were Caterpillars : Butterflies fe 
of Fruits, and I have feen them 
veral Sorts of Trees, 
ty State, is very different from what it was when 
ed on all Kinds of Flowers, and on feveral forts 
extremely fond of the Juices that iffue from the Bodies of fe- 
ret : MOTHS 
