ENT R20 DWGT LON, 
&c. And thefe may be pulled off entire, in Fafhion like a Cylindrical Tube, and as hard as 
Horn: Others depofit theirs in the Chinks of the Barks of Trees, &c. &c. Kc. 
Ir is obferveable, that the whole Procefs from the Egg, to the Fly, of many Species, is per= 
perform’d in about fixty Days. But the Goat Moth is an Exception to this Rule 
ported to be three Years proceeding from the Ege to the Fly State. 
* . OF the Hogs. 
se HE Eggs are of variotis Forms; fome are round, fome are oval, and many of the Moth- 
Kind flat, and perforated through the Middle ; fo that the Eybrios or Caterpillars lie 
curl’d up before they are hatch’d, as they frequently do afterwards when come to Maturity. 
They are found of all manner of Colours, and many of them are extremely beautiful if view’d 
with a Microfcope; fome being curioufly rib’d and adorn’d with Protuberances, Ke. like 
the niceft. carved Work; others marbled and fpotted with an amazing Variety of delightful 
colouring. 
, being re= 
Of CATERPILLARS. 
(2: ERPILLARS are ufually divided into the Naked and Cloathed Kinds. Among 
the Cloath’d fome have only {mall Tufts of Hair or Down, others are cover’d all over 
with it. 
T ue Caterpillars of all known Butterflies have fix Hooks or Claws before, eight Feet 
in the Middle of their Body, and two Holders behind. Thofe that produce Moths have 
all fix Hooks or Claws before, and Holders behind. Some have eight Feet in the Middle, 
fome four, and fome only two next their Holders, 
_ Some Species of Caterpillars always feed inclos’d or {pun up in the Leaves t 
others take their Food openly and in Sight. . | 
Some are fociable and herd together whilft young, but when they change their third Skin 
they grow unfociable and feed feparately. 
OrueRs are born unfociable, and feed feparately from their Infancy, 
Some Species fpin a large Web that will contain an hundred Caterpillars, or more, from 
which they never go far till they have eat up all the Leaves that are near thereto: Then they 
{pin a new Web, and fo (hhifting their Quarters) in a fhort Time, inftead of the green Leaves 
that they have devoured, leave the Tree, or Bufh, covered only with their white Webs. . 
SomE Sorts, when difturbed, let themfelves down by a Thread like a Spider, by which 
Means they avoid being devoured by other Infeés that have not the Means of following 
them, ec. ; 
hey feed upon ; 
Of the Food of CaTerprtiars, and their Manner of Feeding. 
ae 2 Se Food is almoft general, but fome Kinds will eat nothing except their own par- 
ticular Trees, or Plants. Somé 
