Cl. 3. S. A. 6.
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Arsmart.
Persicaria maculosa. Ger. 361.
L. 1. Ch. 1.
VII.
Cl. 3. S. A. 7.
The GIPSEY MOTH. The Caterpillars are very destructive to all Fruit-trees, on which they are found in Swarms envelop’d with a Web like that of the Spider. In the Day-time they disperse themselves over the whole Tree, but at Night come together again, and retire to their Web. They put on the Chrysalis, form within a Spinning, at the Beginning of July, and the Moth is bred about fourteen Days after. Their Eggs are covered with a yellowish Down, whereby they are preserved from Cold throughout the Winter. This Moth is very common in Germany, and was produced from a Nest of Eggs that were sent to Mr. Peter Collinson, who gave them to Charles Lockyer, Esq; He bred Moths from them as above mentioned; and, having turned Numbers of them wild (as I have been informed) about Ealing near Brentford, in Middlesex, they are to be found there, but not any where else that I have yet heard of.
See Rosel, Cl. 2. Tab. 3. Merian, Vol. 1. Ch. 18.
