The PEASE-BLOSSOM, a _Moth_. Its _Caterpillars_ are reported by _Merian_, and _Rosel_, to feed upon the wild Lark-Spur that grows amongst Corn. They are full fed at the Beginning of _August_, when they change to the _Chrysalis_, but appear not in the _Moth_ State till the _June_ following. This Fly has been bred in _England_ by the Honourable Mrs. _Walters_, and by _Nathaniel Oldham_, Esq; but, at present, is very rare. See _Merian_, Vol. 1. Ch. 40. _Rosel_, Cl. 2. Tab. 12. The Lark-Spur. _Delphinium, hortense, flore majore & multiplici cœruleo._ Tourn. L. 1. CH. 1. V. CL. 1. S. _A._ 5. The SMALL GREEN OAK MOTH. The _Caterpillar_ feeds on the Oak, and sometimes such Numbers of them are produced at the Beginning of _May_, that they, in a Manner, strip the Oak-trees of their Leaves. They are enabled, by the Help of a Spining, which they fasten after the Manner of the Spider, to let themselves down from one Bough to another, and from thence to the Ground, if they have a mind. They change into the _Chrysalis_ State in a curled Form within the Oak-leaves, (which they wrap over them, and fasten together by their Web) and, after remaining so for about fourteen Days, the Fly is bred. If you beat the Branches of the Oak-trees you may take Plenty of this _Moth_ in the Day-time. The Yellow Strip’d Tulip. _Tulipa hortensis flore luteo variegato._ L. 1. CH. 1. VI. CL. 1. S. _A._ 6. The SMALL ERMINE MOTH. The _Caterpillar_ that produces this _Moth_ is as common as those just mentioned. I have seen a Hedge-row of White-thorn, at the End of _May_ and at the Beginning of _June_, the Leaves of which have been eaten almost up by these _Caterpillars_. They feed also on Black-thorn, Fruit-trees, _&c._ when they are preparing to change to _Chrysalis_, they get together in Numbers, and spin a large transparent Web, within which they fasten themselves by the Tail, and undergo their Change. They remain in this Condition for about three Weeks: The _Moths_ come forth in _June_ and _July_, and are very common about most Hedges. See _Albin_, P. 70. _Reaumur_, Pl. 12. Pag. 208. Vol. 2. The Orange-Peach, with its Blossom. _Persica, dura carne buxea._ C. B. Pin. L. 1. CH. 1. VII. CL. 1. S. _A._ 7. The BROOM-MOTH. The Food of this _Caterpillar_ is the Leaves of Broom, on which I found Plenty of them, from the 20th to the 30th of _September_, near _Shooter’s Hill_ in _Kent_; they were of the Bigness express’d in the Plate. The Green ones produced male Flies. They all went into the Earth at the Beginning of _October_, and, at the Beginning of _May_ following, the _Moths_ were bred. I never could take any of them in the Fly-state. See _Rosel_, Cl. 2. Tab. 52. The Broom, in Flower and Seed. _Genista angulosa Trifolia._ I. B. 1388. L. 1. CH. 1. VIII. CL. 1. S. _A._ 8.