The English moths and butterflies : $b Together with the plants, flowers, and fruits whereon they feed, and are usually found.Wilkes, Benjamin
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The English moths and butterflies : $b Together with the plants, flowers, and fruits whereon they feed, and are usually found.
Wilkes, Benjamin
Butterflies -- Great Britain
The BRINDLE-MOTH. This _Caterpillar_, which is not common among the
Loopers, was found by Mr. _Dandridge_ on the _Hasle_, at the Beginning
of _June_. It also feeds on _Oak_, _&c_. On the 14th of the same
Month it went into the Ground and changed into a _Chrysalis_, and at
the Beginning of _April_ following the _Moth_ came out. The Females
have no Wings. I have had several of this Kind of _Moth_ bred in
_February_ from the _Chrysalis_, which I got by digging with a Trowel
at the Root of Oak Trees. The _Moth_ is rarely taken in the Fly-state.
Bladder-Sena, _with_ Reddish-Seed Vessels.
_Colutea vesicaria, vesiculis rubentibus._ J. B.
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CHAP. IV.
Caterpillars shaped like Wood-Lice.
CLASS I.
SECT. _a._
L. 1. CH. 4. I. CL. 1. S. _a._ 1.
The SMALL OAK-EGGER-MOTH. This _Caterpillar_ I took in _Hornsey_-Wood
on an Oak-Tree, at the Beginning _October_, soon after which Time
it chang’d to a _Chrysalis_, by fastening the Oak-Leaf close to the
Bottom of the Box I kept it in with a Spinning. Thus it remained
through the Winter, and the _Moth_ was bred at the End of _May_. Both
_Caterpillar_ and _Fly_ are very rare.
The Double Velvet-Rose.
_Rosa holosericea, multiplex._ Park. Parad.
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CHAP. V.
Of Moths, whose Generation is not yet known.
CLASS I.
SECT. _a_.
L. 1. Ch. 5. I. Cl. 1. S. a. 1.
THE GLORY OF KENT, a _Moth_. This is the only _Moth_ of the Kind that
I have yet heard was ever taken in _England_ or elsewhere. It was
found about the Middle of _April_, 1741, flying in a Wood, in the
Day-time, near _Cookham_, by _Westram_, in _Kent_. It was taken by
Mr. _William Constable_, who lives near that Place; and the _Moth_ is
at present in the Collection of Mr. _Charles Cabrier_, of _London_.
The Double-Flowering Peach.
_Persica Africana nova, flore incarnato pleno._ Tourn.
L. 1. Ch. 5. II. Cl. 1. S. a. 2.
THE CLEIFDEN NONPAREIL, a _Moth_. This curious Fly was found by
Mr. _Davenport_, sticking against the Body of an _Ash_ Tree, near
_Cleifden_, in _Buckinghamshire_. It was taken in the Month of
_July_: Is at present in the Possession of _Charles Lockyer_, Esq;
and is the only one of the Sort that I have yet seen or heard of.
The Ciphian Rose.
_Rosa; pimpinella minor Scotica, floribus ex albo & corneo eleganter
variegatis._ Pluk. Alm.
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BOOK II.
CHAP. I.
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