The SPOTTED BUFF-MOTH. The _Caterpillars_ of this _Moth_ are very mischievous in Gardens, feeding on most Kind of Herbage; but may easily be shaken off the Plants and killed. They change to the _Chrysalis_ within a Web on the Ground, and sometimes within the Ground, in _September_, and the _Moths_ came out in _May_. Their Eggs are of a light green Colour; and the _Caterpillars_, when first hatch’d, which is about the Middle of _June_, are white and hairy. The _Moth_ is frequently taken sticking on Houses, Walls, Pales, _&c._ Arsmart. _Persicaria maculosa._ Ger. 361. L. 1. CH. 1. VII. CL. 3. S. _A._ 7. The GIPSEY MOTH. The _Caterpillars_ are very destructive to all Fruit-trees, on which they are found in Swarms envelop’d with a Web like that of the Spider. In the Day-time they disperse themselves over the whole Tree, but at Night come together again, and retire to their Web. They put on the _Chrysalis_, form within a Spinning, at the Beginning of _July_, and the _Moth_ is bred about fourteen Days after. Their Eggs are covered with a yellowish Down, whereby they are preserved from Cold throughout the Winter. This _Moth_ is very common in _Germany_, and was produced from a Nest of Eggs that were sent to Mr. _Peter Collinson_, who gave them to _Charles Lockyer_, Esq; He bred _Moths_ from them as above mentioned; and, having turned Numbers of them wild (as I have been informed) about _Ealing_ near _Brentford_, in _Middlesex_, they are to be found there, but not any where else that I have yet heard of. See _Rosel_, Cl. 2. Tab. 3. _Merian_, Vol. 1. Ch. 18. The Crab-tree. _Malus sylvestris._ Ger. 1276. L. 1. CH. 1. VIII. CL. 3. S. _A._ 8. The BUFF-TIP MOTH. The _Caterpillar_ feeds on the _Willow_ and _Oak_, and may be easily found amongst the _Willows_ growing about _Chelsea_, and in such like Places. They may be taken full fed towards the End of _August_; at which Time Numbers of them go into the Earth, and there Change to the _Chrysalis_, and the _Moths_ appear in the following _May_. It is not a very common Thing to take this _Moth_ flying. See _Lister’s Godart_, N. 95. _Raii_ Hist. Insect. P. 162. N. 14. _Albin_, Pl. 23. _Rosel_, Cl. 2. Tab. 14. The Yellow Dwarf-Willow. _Salix folio longo subluteo, non auriculata, viminibus luteis._ Raii. Syn. L. 1. CH. 1. IX. CL. 3. S. _A._ 9.