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BOOK II.

CHAP. I.

_Caterpillars_ producing _Flies_, which resemble partly the _Moth_, and partly the _Butterfly_.

CLASS I.

SECT. _a._

L. 2. CH. 1. I. CL. 1. S. _a._ 1.

[Illustration: (Decorative letter T)] The BURNET-MOTH. The _Caterpillars_ are to be found feeding on _Hay-Grass_ about the Middle of _May_, at which Time many of them go into the _Chrysalis_ State, within such a Spinning as is expressed in the Plate, and which they make fast to the Stalks of Grass, about a Foot from the Ground. The _Moths_ fly about the Middle of _June_, in the Day-time, and are easily taken.

See _Albin_, P. 82. _Rosel_, Cl. 2. Tab. 57. Vol. 1. _Reaumur_, Pl. 12. Pag. 284. Vol. 2. Pl. 2. Pag. 120.

The Burnet Rose.

_Rosa pumila, spinosissima, foliis pimpinellæ, glabris, Flore albo._ J. B.

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