The natural history of British insects : explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, economy, &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 . 4. Wilk. Pap. Tab. 3. a. 2. Chickweed is a favorite food with the Caterpillars of this Infeft,but it will eat the leaves of the currant, white-thorn, nettle, grafs,&c. if the former cannot be readily procured, 4. The 94 PLATE LXXI. The Caterpillars are black and foxy,


The natural history of British insects : explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, economy, &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 . 4. Wilk. Pap. Tab. 3. a. 2. Chickweed is a favorite food with the Caterpillars of this Infeft,but it will eat the leaves of the currant, white-thorn, nettle, grafs,&c. if the former cannot be readily procured, 4. The 94 PLATE LXXI. The Caterpillars are black and foxy, or hairy; but in a lefs degreethan the Caterpillars of Ph. Caja, Great Tyger Moth, which we havefigured in the early part of this work. About the latter end of April the Caterpillars have attained theirfull fize, and change into chryfalis s late in May they appear in thewinged ftate. It is by no means fo frequent as the Great Tyger Moth, thoughnot very rare ; but it is infinitely fuperior for the happy combinationof its colours to it, or either of the Britifii fpecies of that tribe whichare trivially termed Tygers: it is already high in the efteem of col-leftors; and were fpecimens of the kind lefs common, it would be ingreat requcft among the Englifii Entomologifts. Frcouents banks which face rifina; fun. PLATE. [ 95 ] PLATE LXXILcerambyx ^dilis. Long-horned Cerambyx. coleoptera. GENERIC CHARACTER, Antennse articulated, and tapering to the end. Shells long andnarrow. Four joints on each foot. Thorax, with lateral fpines ortubercles. SPECIFIC CHARACTER, Antennse confiderably longer than the body. Head, thorax, and(hells grey, with fhades of brown, fprinkled with yellow, and darkbrown fpots. Thorax fpined. Syji. Ent. 164. I.—Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 628. 37.—Fn. Sv. , &:c. Linn. It. Oel. 8. Degeer, Inf. 5. 66. 5. Tab. 4. Fig. i. ruflicus. Petiv. Gazoph. Tab. 8. Fig. Inf. 151. Fig. Inf. 13. Tab. Hifi. Inj. Tab. 4. Fig. 27


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