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Ghass. 
| Hairy Loopers. 
‘s Bt. 
Having 20 Pi tbeaies: 
Lr. Cw. 3. r >, Cu. 2. S. a Te 
HE LARGE MAGPYE, or CURRAN-MOTH. Moft Gardens 
and Hedges abound with the Caterpillars of this Fly, which feed on Curran and » 
: Goofeberry-Bufbes, and alfo on the Black Thorn, &c. They change into the 
Chryfalis State, hanging by the Tail, at the End of May, and the Moths appear in the Mid- 
dle of une. They are very common, and eafily taken in an Evening in the Gardens, and 
moft other Places, and may likewife be catch’d in the Day-time, by beating the Hedges and 
Buthes. The Caterpillar lives all Winter, and in the Spring begins to feed as foon as the 
Buds are open. 
See Lifter on Godart, P. 13. N. 9. Merian, Vol. 1. Chap. 29. Albin, P. 43. Rofél, 
Clafs 3. ‘Tab. 2. 
The Curran Tree. 
Ribes major frultu rubro, Hort. Eyft. 
Lor. Ce. 3. / IL Cz. 2. 8. a. 2 
THE GOOSEBERRY-MOTH. The Caterpillars are hatch’d at the latter 
End of the Year, and live all Winter. About the Middle of May you may find 
Plenty of them on the Goofeberry and Curran Buthes; about which Time they go into the 
-Ground, and turn-to Chryfalis, and about the Middle of Fume the Moths appear. They are 
common in moft Gardens in the Evening, and may be taken in the Day-time, as the laft. 
See Lifter on Godart, P. 19. N. 12. Merian, Vol. 1. Chap. 25. Albin. P. 47. Rofél, » 
Clafs 3. Tab. 4. 
The Goofeberry Tree, with its Flower and Fruit. 
Groffularia, frutlu obfcure purpurajcente, Clus, 
