L. III. ch. I.
Cl. 3. S. a. 8.
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Figure 1. Rough Grass. 2. Plantain. 3. Clover.
1. Gramen asperum. J. B. 2. Plantago major vulg. C. B.
L. 3. Ch. 1.
IX.
Cl. 2. S. a. 9.
The HEATH FRITILLARY-BUTTERFLY. I found the Caterpillars of this Fly feeding on common Heath in Tottenham-Wood, about the Middle of May, 1745, and they are of the same fearful Nature as the last-mentioned. Six or seven of them were feeding near each other, I observed their Manner of eating, which was extremely quick, and when they moved it was at a great Rate. I fed them with common Heath for three or four Days; at the End of which some of them changed into Chrysalis, in which State they remained about fourteen Days, and then the Flies came forth. This Butterfly is very common in most Woods, but its Caterpillar is very rarely found.
