The GREAT EGGER-MOTH. The _Caterpillars_ of this _Moth_ are to be found, full grown, towards the End of _May_, feeding on _Black Thorn_ and _White Thorn_. At the Beginning of _June_, they spin a brown Case, in the Shape of an Egg, in which the _Chrysalis_ is formed: They remain in that State for about one Month; then the _Moth_ is produced. The Males fly swiftly in the Day-time, from 12 o’Clock to 5 in the Afternoon. The Eggs are of an oval Shape, and usually hatch at the latter End of _July_. When the _Caterpillars_ are young, you may feed them with _Black Thorn_, or _White Thorn_, and, during the Winter, with _Bramble_, _Holly_, _Privet_, _&c._ When you breed any female _Egger-Moths_, take one of them and put it in a Box (covered with a Piece of Crape, to prevent its getting away), carry the Box with you to the Sides of Woods and green Lanes; and, if the Day be fair, and the Sun shines bright, put it upon the Ground: And, if there is a Breed of these _Moths_ near, the Males will come and endeavour to get at the Female. By this means I have taken with my Net near twenty in an Hour. This Method of taking Flies is called _Simbling_; and many other Kinds of _Moths_ are to be catched the same Way. See _Godart_. P. 1. Tab. 7. _Lister’s Godart_. N. 88. _Merian_, Vol. 1. Ch. 10. _Moufet_, P. 92 N. 9. _Raii_’s Hist. Insect. P. 142. N. 2. _Albin_, Pl. 18. _Rosel_, Cl. 2. Tab. 35. a. _Reamur_, Pl. 35. Pag. 534. Vol. 1. The White Thorn in Flower. _Mespilus sylvestris, seu Oxyacantha._ L. 1. CH. 1. XII. CL. 3. S. _A._ 12. The GRASS EGGER-MOTH. I took the _Caterpillars_ of this _Moth_ feeding on _Clover_ amongst _Grass_. They make a Spinning and Case, on the Surface of the Earth, about the Middle of _June_, and therein turn to a _Chrysalis_. The _Moth_ flies in the Middle of _August_; but is not commonly met with. See _Rosel_, Cl. 2. Tab. 35. b. The double flowering Cherry, and Grass. _Cerasus hortensis, flore roseo._ C. B. Pin. 450. L. 1. CH. 1. XIII. CL. 3. S. _A._ 13. The DECEMBER MOTH. Mr. _Dandridge_ took some of its _Caterpillars_, at the Beginning of _June_, on the _Hasle_; but, observing they eat but little, gave them fresh Boughs that were wet with Rain, on which they fed greedily. The next Day he gave them Water and Honey mixt together, of which they drank a good Quantity, and fell to eating again very heartily. In this Manner he fed them every Day, and sometimes twice a Day, till the Middle of the same Month, when they went into the Earth and changed into _Chrysalis_. The _Moths_ came out at the End of _December_. I took this Year (1748) two of these _Caterpillars_ on the Leaves of an _Oak_, wherewith I fed them till the Middle of _June_, when they spun a dirty coloured Case which contained the _Chrysalis_; and the _Moths_ were bred on the 24th _October_. See _Albin_, P. 85. _Rosel_, Cl. 2. Tab. 60.