The SWORD-GRASS MOTH. Mr. Rosel informs us, That the Caterpillar of this Fly feeds on the Orache; that, in June, it changed to a Chrysalis within the Earth, in which State it remained three Weeks, and then the Moth was bred. I once took one of these Caterpillars, full grown, feeding on the Sword-grass in the Marshes at Rotherhith; but that was in the Month of August, and the Moth was bred with me at the End of September. Both Caterpillar and Moth are very scarce.
L. I. ch. I.
Cl. 1. S. A. 18.
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The Persian Iris.
Xiphium Persicum, præcox, flore variegato. Tourn.
Sect. B.
Caterpillars having Horns on their Tails.
L. 1. Ch. 1.