. The natural history of British insects : explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, oeconomy, &c. together with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope : the whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens. erbs to bring it to feed, but my attempts were fruit-* lefs, and it died for want f. The Chryfalis in the plate was fent me from BelleiJIe in France; and the Moth was produced from it about the beginning of June.—Harrises JureUan, plate 44. We are not informed of m
. The natural history of British insects : explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, oeconomy, &c. together with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope : the whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens. erbs to bring it to feed, but my attempts were fruit-* lefs, and it died for want f. The Chryfalis in the plate was fent me from BelleiJIe in France; and the Moth was produced from it about the beginning of June.—Harrises JureUan, plate 44. We are not informed of more than two circumflances thatmay place its exiftence in this country beyond difpute; a damagedfpecimen of the Fly has been taken at Bathj and is in our cabinet;and Mr. Curtis, author of the Flora Londinevfis, Sec. found four o^the Caterpillars laft fummer in Devonjhire. In the Caterpillar ftate it frequently changes its fkin, and appearsas frequently to alter its appearance; we cannot elfe account for thedifTimiiarity that prevails among all the coloured reprefentations of theInfecl in that ftate that have come under our infpe6lion; in RoefelsHift. Inf. we find a figure of the Caterpillar apparently in the laft Ikin, * 177S. t It feeds on plantj of the Eupkorbia genus, as its fpecificjaame indicates. that ga; ^^. PLATE XCI.—XCII. 53 that very nearly correfponds with our fpecimen; but that figured byHarris does not agree with either, in the form or number of the an early ftage of its growth the Caterpillar, according to Roefel,S bright yellow, with black patches, and minute white fpecks. The figure in plate XCII. is copied from a moft perfedl fpecimenof the Caterpillar, and which is now in our pOiTeilion; but as wecannot aflure ©ur Subfcribers that it was found in England, we havebeen careful to add it in a feparate plate, that fo it may either be in-cluded in the volume with the Sphinx and Pupa, or be exA;luded v/it ipropriety. K ^ PLATE
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