A new and accurate system of natural history .. . t//ie^f^^al^ /Ji/ttc/y/y. /^j. /^^^^sLm mmmmm t//u 1/^^/1/-/rp/ C^itc/yi(7^i? O F I N S E C T S. 125 Of the lead fort of MOTHS, one is of an extra-ordinary ftrufture, having only four jet-black feet ;the external wings are blue, and larger than the in-ternal, which are yellowiih ; the body alfo is yellow,and fo large, that the wings will hardly cover feelers are full of fpecks, and the eyes, exceptthe white pupil, are blackifh, the head, and thetrunk, which is long, llender, and folded up, areyellowiih. 2. This is of a blue-green co
A new and accurate system of natural history .. . t//ie^f^^al^ /Ji/ttc/y/y. /^j. /^^^^sLm mmmmm t//u 1/^^/1/-/rp/ C^itc/yi(7^i? O F I N S E C T S. 125 Of the lead fort of MOTHS, one is of an extra-ordinary ftrufture, having only four jet-black feet ;the external wings are blue, and larger than the in-ternal, which are yellowiih ; the body alfo is yellow,and fo large, that the wings will hardly cover feelers are full of fpecks, and the eyes, exceptthe white pupil, are blackifh, the head, and thetrunk, which is long, llender, and folded up, areyellowiih. 2. This is of a blue-green colour, and has a fmallbody, and blackifh feet and feelers. 3. This has the fhoulders and wings of a greenifiicolour, but the body is of a yellowifli-brown ; theexternal wings are adorned with a white border, andwhitilh brown fpots. The head is very little, and thefeet and feelers are of an afh-colour. In houfes we often find a fort of MOTHS, of afmall fize, and of a filver colour, fpeckled with black,which fly about the candles, lliefe are the firllmentioned, that eat woollen
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