The GREEN MOTH with SILVER LINES. I fed its _Caterpillar_ with Oak-leaves, on which it had been found. It work’d itself up in a dark brown Case on the Back-side of one of the Leaves, and changed into a _Chrysalis_ the 27th of _September_; the _Moth_ appeared the 20th of _May_ following, and is difficult to meet with. See _Albin_, P. 31. The Bruxells Apricock. _Malus Armeniaca, Bruxells vulgo dicta._ L. 1. CH. 1. XIV. CL. 1. S. _A._ 14. The RANUNCULUS MOTH. The _Caterpillars_ represented in this Plate were found feeding on the _Ranunculus_ Flower about the Middle of _June_, at which Time they were full fed, and soon changed to the _Chrysalis_ within a Spining or Web; and the _Moths_ came out at the Beginning of _September_. The _Caterpillar_ and _Moth_ are both very rare. See _Rosel_, Cl. 2. Tab. 53, 54. The double Orange Ranunculus. _Ranunculus hortensis, flore aurantio pleno._ L. 1. CH. 1. XV. CL. 1. S. _A._ 15. The WATER-BETONY MOTH. The _Caterpillars_ are sociable, and feed together. They may be found, towards the End of _May_, full fed, on the _Water-Betony_; as also on the _Mullein_, which is their proper Food. They go into the Earth about that Time, and change to the _Chrysalis_, within a Case composed of Earth and a webby Matter, which they spin together. The _Moth_ appears in _March_ following; but it is not commonly taken in its Fly-state. See _Raii_ Hist. Insect. P. 168. N. 25. _Albin_, Pl. 13. _Rosel_, Cl. 2. Tab. 22. _Reaumur_, Pl. 43. P. 602. The Water-Betony; or Water-Figwort. _Betonica Aquatica_, Ger. 579. _Scrophularia Aquatica major._ C. B. Pin. 235. L. 1. CH. 1. XVI. CL. 1. S. _A._ 16. The SMALL ELEPHANT MOTH. Mr. _Rosel_ informs us, That the _Caterpillar_ is to be found on the Grass in Meadows, in the Month of _August_; but whether that be its favourite Food he does not know. It makes a Spining, and changes to a _Chrysalis_ towards the End of that Month. The _Moth_ is bred about the End of _May_. In the Year 1743, on the 28th of _May_, I took several of these _Moths_, in the Evening (after Sun-set) as they were hovering about, and feeding on a Flower called _The Batchelors Button_, by the Side of _Osterly Wood_, near _Brentford_. They are very swift in flight, and therefore must be taken as soon as they approach the Flower. The Females layed their Eggs freely, and, after seven Days, the _Caterpillars_ were hatch’d, to the Number of about 300. I took the utmost Pains to raise them; but, for want of their proper Food, they all died. See _Rosel_, Cl. 1. Tab. 5. The Guelder-Rose. _Opulus, Flore Globoso._ Tourn. _Inst._ 607. L. 1. CH. 1. XVII. CL. 1. S. _A._ 17.