When you have collected a Number of Caterpillars, and remark’d the Food you found them on, put them into Boxes, which prepare as follows: Take a Deal or Wainscot Box, cut a large Square out of the Top and Bottom, cover the Place cut out with a Piece of Crape Hatband, glewing the same all round to prevent any Escape. This done, put your Caterpillars into the Box, with some of the same Food you found them on, giving them, if you can, fresh every Day. Here you’ll find them feed and thrive; and after changing their Skins (some five and some six Times) they will go into the Aurelia State, and there remain for a certain Time, some much longer than others; but in about fourteen Days from this last change you may look into your Boxes, to see if you have any Flies bred; remembring that out of such as are produced in this manner, much more perfect Flies may be chosen, than any that can be caught; and as several Sorts of Caterpillars go down into the Earth, and there change to Chrysalis, some Earth must be put into the Boxes for that Purpose, at least two or three Inches deep. Never take the Chrysalides out of the Earth, nor disturb them till the Flies are bred.

There is yet another Thing proper to be known, in order to compleat your Collection. A great Number of Caterpillars go into the Earth, and there change to Aureliæ, whose Moths are seldom upon the Wing till Night; these Aureliæ are to be got by digging with such a Trowel as the Bricklayers use, about the Roots of Trees, such as Oaks, Elms, Limes, Poplars, Willows, &c. also by the Sides of Walls and Pales. The usual Time to dig for them is from September to March.

When you have obtain’d a Number of Aureliæ by digging, you must provide for them thus: Get some Earth and scowering Sand, mix them well together, and put the Mixture into some large Garden Pots; lay your Aureliæ thereon, covering them with Moss; then sew a Piece of Crape Hatband round a small Hoop, and put such a Cover on each Pot, in order to receive the Flies when bred, which will usually be in the Months of March, April, May, and June. I have always kept my Pots of Aureliæ out in the open Air, and the Flies have been produced with great Success; however it may be proper to place a Piece of Board over each Pot, to prevent unforeseen Accidents.

Those who think proper to put these Directions in Practice, will, I am convinced, in a short Time, be possessed of a great Number of valuable Flies. What Food the Caterpillars mentioned in this Work chuse to feed on, the Time when they change into Aureliæ, and when they issue forth
in the Fly State, may be seen
in the Description of
each Plate.

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A Synoptical TABLE of the Moths and Butterflies contained in this Work.

CATERPILLARS.
Producing Moths.
Having circular Rings or Joints.
Naked.
Without Protuberances.
The great yellow Underwing. The Wild Arrach. The AngleShades. The Pease Blossom. The small green Oak Moth. The small Ermine Moth. The Broom Moth. The sallow Moth. The Codling Moth. The Province Rose Moth. The Scallop-wing’d Oak Moth. The Black-thorn Moth. The green Moth with silver Lines.The Ranunculus Moth. The Water-Betony Moth. The smallElephant Moth. The Gold-spot Moth. The Sword-grass Moth.
With Horns on the Tail.
The Jessamine-Hawk Moth. The Unicorn, or Bindweed-Hawk Moth.The Privet-Hawk. The Olive-shades, or Lime-Hawk. The EyedWillow-Hawk. The Poplar-Hawk. The Ladies Bedstraw, orElephant Moth.
With one Protuberance on the Rump.
The Ealing’s Glory.
With two or more Protuber.
The Ozier, or Pebble Moth.
With Shoulders rising into an Angle.
The Puss Moth. The Wild Rose Moth.
Having little Hair.
Without Protuberances.
The Goat Moth. The Emperor Moth. The Plumb-Tree Moth.
With Protuberances.
The Willow Red-Underwing.
Having much Hair.
Without Protuberances.
The Great Tyger. The Cream-Spot Tyger. The Scarlet Tyger. TheBlack Arches. The Great Ermine Moth. The Spotted Buff Moth.The Gipsey Moth. The Buff Tip. The White Satin Moth. TheLacquey. The Great Egger. The Grass Egger. The December Moth.The Spotted Red and White Underwing. The Wood Tyger. TheMother of Pearl Moth. The Yellow July Oak Moth. The smallEgger. The Fox-coloured Moth.
Having Rings of different Colours.
The Cinnabar Moth.
Having indented Marks.
The Bramble Moth.
Having fleshy Protuberances on the Head, Back, or Tail.
The Lappit-Moth. The Drinker. The Yellow Tail. The Dagger Moth.The Wild Pine Tree Lappit-Moth.
Having many Tufts of Hair.
The Black Tussock. The Yellow Tussock. The Red Spot Tussock. TheOrange Tussock. The Nut-Tree Tussock. The Sycamore Tussock.
Half Loopers.
Having 8 Feet, 2 Holders, 6 Claws, and with Protuberances.
The Crimson Underwing.
Having 4 Feet, 2 Holders, 6 Claws. Hairy.
The Silver Y Moth.
Loopers.
Naked.
Without Protuberances.
The Brindled Beauty. The July Arrach Moth. The Mottled Umber.The July Sallow Moth. The Buff Argus. The Green Broom Moth.The Lime Moss Moth.
With Protuberances.
The Spotted Elm Moth. The Swallow-Tail Moth. The October Moth.The Brimstone Moth. The Scallop-winged Moth. The Richmond Beauty.The Hawthorn Moth.
Hairy.
Without Protuberances.
The large Magpye, or Curran Moth. The Gooseberry Moth.
Having Tufts of Hair.
The Brindle Moth.
Shaped like Wood-lice.
Small Oak Egger-Moth.
Producing Moths whose Generation is unknown.
Glory of Kent. Cleifden Nonpareil.
Producing Flies between the Moth and Butterfly.
The Burnet Moth.
Producing Butterflies.
Smooth.
Without Protuberances.
Swallow-Tail Butterfly. Brimstone Butterfly.
Having little Hair.
Producing round-winged Butterflies.
White Butterfly with black Veins. Large white GardenButterfly. Small white Garden Butterfly. White Butterfly withgreen Veins. Orange Tip, or Lady of the Woods.
Producing scallop-wing’d Butterflies.
The Marmoris, or Marble Butterfly. The Meadow Brown. The GreatArgus, and Wood Argus.
Producing Butterflies with large Heads and Bodies.
The Grizzled Butterfly.
Armed with Spikes.
Whose Chrysalis hangs by the Tail.
The Admirable Butterfly. The Peacock Butterfly. The paintedLady. The great Tortoise-shell. The Comma-Butterfly. TheGreat Fritillary. The Plantain Fritillary. The HeathFritillary. The Willow Butterfly. The small Fritillary. Thegreat Fritillary, with silver Spots.
Shaped like Wood-lice.
The Purple Hair-streak Butterfly. The Brown Hair-streak. Thegreen Butterfly.
Producing Butterflies whose Generation is yet unknown.
The Blue Argus Butterfly. The Purple High-Flyer, or Emperorof the Woods.

THE
Names of the Subscribers to, and Encouragers of,
Mr. WILKES’s Attempt towards a Natural History of
English Moths and Butterflies.