L. 1. CH. 1. I. CL. 3. S. _c._ 1. The BLACK TUSSOCK-MOTH. This _Moth_ is bred about the Middle of _June_; at which Time it lays Eggs of a light grey Colour, inclosed within a woolly Substance; and thus they continue for about one Month. When the infant _Caterpillars_ appear, they feed on _Black Thorn_, _White Thorn_, _Bramble_, _&c._ They live all the Winter in the _Caterpillar_ State, and change to a _hairy Chrysalis_, within a Spinning, about the Middle of _May_. The _Caterpillars_ may be found, full fed, on _Black Thorn_ that grows by the Sides of Woods and Hedges; as for the _Moth_, it is not commonly taken in the Fly-state. See _Albin_, Pl. 26. _Rosel_, Cl. 2. Tab. 37. The White double Garden-Rose. _Rosa Alba hortensis, flore pleno._ I. B. 1144. L. 1. CH. 1. II. CL. 3. S. _c._ 2. The YELLOW TUSSOCK-MOTH. Its _Caterpillar_ feeds on the _Red Archangel_, _Oak_, _Hasle_, _&c._ towards the End of _September_. It makes a Spinning, within which a _hairy Chrysalis_ is formed, where it lives till the Middle of _May_ following, and then the _Moth_ takes its flight; but it is not a very common Fly. See _Merian_, Vol. 1. Ch. 47. _Albin_, Pl. 26. _Rosel_, Cl. 2. Tab. 38. _Reaumur_, Pl. 33. Pag. 534. Vol. 1. The Red Archangel. _Lamium rubrum._ Ger. 568. L. 1. CH. 1. III. CL. 3. S. _c._ 3. The RED-SPOT TUSSOCK-MOTH. The _Caterpillars_ are very common, feeding on most _Elm_ and _Lime_ Trees about Town. They make a Spinning under the Copings of Walls, Pales, _&c._ at the End of _May_; and the _Moth_ is bred at the End of _June_ and in _July_. The Females have no Wings; but, if you carry one or two of them in a Box (where there is a Breed of this _Moth_) the Males will follow you in order to get at them: So that, if you put the Box on the Ground, you may easily take the Cocks with your Net. Several other _Moths_ may be taken by the like Means. See _Albin_, P. 89. _Reaumur_, Pl. 19. Pag. 342. Vol. 1. The smooth Leaved Elm. _Ulmus folio Glabro._ Ger. Em. 1481. L. 1. CH. 1. IV. CL. 3. S. _c._ 4. The ORANGE TUSSOCK-MOTH. The Food of its _Caterpillar_ is _Hasle_, _St. John’s Wort_, _Oak_, _&c._ About the Middle of _May_ it made a Spinning, and changed to a _Chrysalis_, and the _Moth_ came forth three Weeks after. It is very scarce, and the Female has no Wings. I took one of these _Caterpillars_, feeding on _Oak_ Leaves, on the 25th of _September_ 1748; two Days after, it spun up in order to its _Chrysalis_ State, and, on the 8th of _October_, the _Moth_ was bred: From whence I conclude, this _Moth_ breeds twice in a Year. See _Rosel_, Cl. 2. Tab. 40. _Albin_, P. 90. The elegant upright St. John’s Wort. _Hypericum pulchrum Tragi._ I. B. III. 383.