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 microcsope The whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens . under wings of different fpecimens vary very much ; infome the black occupies half the fpace of the wings 5 in others the rofe colour ispredominant. E Th* 22 PLATE LXXX. The leaves of Alder or Birch, the Turnip, Muftard, and Rag-wort, with many other vegetables, are not
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 microcsope The whole illustrated by coloured figures, designed and executed from living specimens . under wings of different fpecimens vary very much ; infome the black occupies half the fpace of the wings 5 in others the rofe colour ispredominant. E Th* 22 PLATE LXXX. The leaves of Alder or Birch, the Turnip, Muftard, and Rag-wort, with many other vegetables, are noticed by different au:hors,as being proper food for the Ruby Tiger Moth in the larva {late jI have obferved that they prefer the leaves of the Ragwort orGroundfel. The Caterpillars are fmall in the month of May, in June they pafsto the pupa form, and early in the month following, appear in thewinged ftate *. This fpecies is lefs frequent than the Cream Spot Tiger Moth f,lately figured in this work. * In a forward feafon like the prefent, the time of their appearance in the differentftates may vary confiderably, especially as fome may have two, or even three broodsin one fummer. I have a Moth from a fecond brood, which patted to the pupa form,the 25th of July, and came forth the 10th of Auguft, f Ph. Villica, PLATE. t 23 3 PLATE XLV. PHALJENA JACOBJEM, Cinnabar GENERIC CHARACTER. Phal^na. i Spiral Trunk j Back fmooth, without Creft. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Antennas and body black. Firft Wings dark olive, with longitu-dinal red line near the anterior margin, and two red fpots near the exterior. Second Wings red, with a black margin. Syji. EnU 588. 113.—Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 839. in.—Fn, Sv. 1155. As the Rag-wort grows fpontaneoufly in almoft every part of thecountry, the yearly increafe of the Cinnabar Moth Caterpillars is ge-nerally considerable ; and though many muft inevitably perifh beforethey arrive at perfection, the Fly may always be found in plenty i
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