L. I. ch. I.
Cl. 3. S. A. 7.
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The Crab-tree.
Malus sylvestris. Ger. 1276.
L. 1. Ch. 1.
VIII.
Cl. 3. S. A. 8.
The BUFF-TIP MOTH. The Caterpillar feeds on the Willow and Oak, and may be easily found amongst the Willows growing about Chelsea, and in such like Places. They may be taken full fed towards the End of August; at which Time Numbers of them go into the Earth, and there Change to the Chrysalis, and the Moths appear in the following May. It is not a very common Thing to take this Moth flying.
See Lister’s Godart, N. 95. Raii Hist. Insect. P. 162. N. 14. Albin, Pl. 23. Rosel, Cl. 2. Tab. 14.