The CINNABAR-MOTH. The Caterpillars of this Fly are sociable and feed together in Numbers on the Ragwort; in July they are full grown, and then some go into the Earth, and others spin on the Surface of the Ground, in order to their Change into the Chrysalis State. The Moths are produced in the May following, and are common in Fields and Gardens.
See Lister on Godart. P. 61. N. 54. Albin, Pl. 34. Rosel, Cl. 2. Tab. 48. Reaumur, Pl. 16. Pag. 342. Vol. 1.
L. I. ch. I.
Cl. 3. S. 2. A. 1.
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The Ragwort, in Flower.
Jacobea, vulgaris. J. B. H. 1057.
Sect. 3 A.
Caterpillars having indented Markings.
L. 1. Ch. 1.