The SMALL EGGER-MOTH. _Black_ and _White Thorn_ are the Food of the _Caterpillars_, which are always found in Colonies; the whole Nest of them feeding together till they are ready to change. When they are first hatch’d from the Egg, they spin a Web to shelter themselves from the Weather; and, as they grow, enlarge it with several Divisions. They seldom go from the Plant they are first hatched on, till they have eaten it quite bare and want Food. They ordinarily spin a Thread from their main Web to guide them Home again; this is very particular, and seems necessary to them. About the Beginning of _July_ you may find them full fed; then they spin a Web, within which a Case is formed, shaped like an Egg, which contains the _Chrysalis_: In this State they remain all Winter, and the _Moths_ are bred in _March_. It is adviseable, if you feed the _Caterpillars_, to take the whole Nest with the Web. I have seldom taken the _Moths_. See _Rosel_, Cl. 2. Tab. 62. _Albin_, P. 19. The Almond Tree, Blossom and Fruit. _Amygdalus sativa fructu majore._ C. B. Pin. 441. L. 1. CH. 1. XIX. CL. 3. S. _A._ 19. The FOX COLOURED MOTH. The _Caterpillar_ is hatch’d in _July_, lives all Winter, and feeds on _Grass_, _Brambles_, _&c._ I have seen them in _September_ as large as they are in the Middle of _April_, which is the Time they go to _Chrysalis_, within a Spinning or Web. The _Moth_ is bred in the Middle of _May_, and the Cock flies swiftly in an Afternoon; but may be taken in a Net, by the Sides of Woods and green Lanes. See _Albin_, P. 81. The Blackberry Fruit. _Rubus, fructu nigro._ SECT. 2 _A_. CATERPILLARS _having_ Rings _of_ different Colours _surrounding them_. L. 1. CH. 1. I. CL. 3. S. 2 _A._ 1. The CINNABAR-MOTH. The _Caterpillars_ of this Fly are sociable and feed together in Numbers on the _Ragwort_; in _July_ they are full grown, and then some go into the Earth, and others spin on the Surface of the Ground, in order to their Change into the _Chrysalis_ State. The _Moths_ are produced in the _May_ following, and are common in Fields and Gardens. See _Lister_ on _Godart_. P. 61. N. 54. _Albin_, Pl. 34. _Rosel_, Cl. 2. Tab. 48. _Reaumur_, Pl. 16. Pag. 342. Vol. 1. The Ragwort, in Flower. _Jacobea, vulgaris._ J. B. H. 1057. SECT. 3 _A_. CATERPILLARS _having_ indented Markings. L. 1. CH. 1. I. CL. 3. S. 3 _A._ 1. The BRAMBLE MOTH. Its _Caterpillar_ is to be found feeding on the _Bramble_, on the _Oak_, _&c._ at the Beginning of _September_; and, towards the Middle of the same Month, it changes to a _Chrysalis_, mixing its Hairs with the Bag it spins: The _Moth_ comes forth the _May_ following, and is not very common.