L. I. ch. I.
Cl. 1. S. A. 15.
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The Water-Betony; or Water-Figwort.
Betonica Aquatica, Ger. 579. Scrophularia Aquatica major. C. B. Pin. 235.
L. 1. Ch. 1.
XVI.
Cl. 1. S. A. 16.
The SMALL ELEPHANT MOTH. Mr. Rosel informs us, That the Caterpillar is to be found on the Grass in Meadows, in the Month of August; but whether that be its favourite Food he does not know. It makes a Spining, and changes to a Chrysalis towards the End of that Month. The Moth is bred about the End of May.
In the Year 1743, on the 28th of May, I took several of these Moths, in the Evening (after Sun-set) as they were hovering about, and feeding on a Flower called The Batchelors Button, by the Side of Osterly Wood, near Brentford. They are very swift in flight, and therefore must be taken as soon as they approach the Flower. The Females layed their Eggs freely, and, after seven Days, the Caterpillars were hatch’d, to the Number of about 300. I took the utmost Pains to raise them; but, for want of their proper Food, they all died.