The OLIVE-SHADES, or LIME-HAWK MOTH. This Caterpillar is to be got by beating the Boughs of the Lime and Elm Trees, in the Month of August; at which Time it goes into the Earth, and there changes to a Chrysalis, and the Moth is bred in May. By looking carefully about the Bodies of Lime and Elm Trees, in May, these and other Moths may be found: For, if the Flies are bred in the Morning, or any Part of the Day, they never offer to fly till Night. You may likewise get these Moths, and many other Sorts, in the Chrysalis State, by digging with a Trowel about the Roots of the Trees the Caterpillars feed on; and the best Time to dig for the Hawk Kind is the Month of April. This Fly is seldom taken on the Wing.
See Merian, Vol. 2. Ch. 24. Albin, Pl. 10. Rosel, Cl. 1. Tab. 11.
L. I. ch. I.
Cl. 1. S. B. 4.
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The small leaved Lime-tree in Flower.
Tilia fœmina, Folio minore. C. B. Pin.
L. 1. Ch. 1.