The GOLD-SPOT MOTH. The _Caterpillar_, whence this _Moth_ is produced, may be found about the End of _July_, full fed, in the Marshes about _Rotherhith_, _Vauxhall_, and such like Places. It feeds on the Leaves of the great Water-grass, _&c._ but the _Caterpillar_ is not so easily found as the Spining which it makes to contain its _Chrysalis_; for that spining, being of a whitish Colour, may be seen at a good Distance, in Shape and Manner as described in the Plate. It lies in the _Chrysalis_ State about three Weeks, and the _Moth_ is bred from the Middle to the End of _August_; but it is seldom taken in the Fly-state. Purple Flowered Ketmia. _Ketmia, Syrorum, Flore purpureo violaceo._ Tourn. _Inst._ L. 1. CH. 1. XVIII. CL. 1. S. _A._ 18. The SWORD-GRASS MOTH. Mr. _Rosel_ informs us, That the _Caterpillar_ of this Fly feeds on the _Orache_; that, in _June_, it changed to a _Chrysalis_ within the Earth, in which State it remained three Weeks, and then the _Moth_ was bred. I once took one of these _Caterpillars_, full grown, feeding on the _Sword-grass_ in the Marshes at _Rotherhith_; but that was in the Month of _August_, and the _Moth_ was bred with me at the End of _September_. Both _Caterpillar_ and _Moth_ are very scarce. The Persian Iris. _Xiphium Persicum, præcox, flore variegato._ Tourn. SECT. _B_. CATERPILLARS _having_ Horns _on their_ Tails. L. 1. CH. 1. I. CL. 1. S. _B._ 1. The JESSAMINE-HAWK MOTH. This _Moth_ was bred in _England_ by Mr. _Dandridge_, who took the _Caterpillar_, at _Hampton-Court_, full fed, on the _Jessamine_, about the Middle of _July_; at which Time it went into the Ground, and changed to a _Chrysalis_, and the _Moth_ came forth at the End of _October_. This Gentleman had also five or six _Caterpillars_, of the same Kind, brought to him, that were taken upon an Elder-tree in _Goodman’s Fields_, which likewise changed to _Chrysalis_ in the Ground in _July_; and the _Moths_ were also bred in _October_: From whence I conclude that to be the Time when the Fly is usually bred. See _Albin_, P. 6. _Reaumur_, Pl. 14. Pag. 342. Vol. 1. The Jessamine in Flower. _Jasminum vulgatius flore albo._ C. B. Pin. 397. L. 1. CH. 1. II. CL. 1. S. _B._ 2. The UNICORN, or BINDWEED-HAWK MOTH. Mr. _Rosel_ reports this _Caterpillar_ to feed in Corn-fields, on the Green-leaves of the Corn. At the End of _July_ it was full fed, and went into the Earth in order to change to its _Chrysalis_ State; and the _Moth_ was bred in _June_ following. _Merian_’s Account of this Fly is, That the _Caterpillar_ feeds on the Roots of the _Lesser Purple-Bindweed_, which grows amongst Corn; that it went into the Ground, and changed to a _Chrysalis_ at the End of _July_, and that the _Moth_ was bred in _September_.