Ulmus folio Glabro. Ger. Em. 1481.
L. 1. Ch. 1.
IV.
Cl. 3. S. c. 4.
The ORANGE TUSSOCK-MOTH. The Food of its Caterpillar is Hasle, St. John’s Wort, Oak, &c. About the Middle of May it made a Spinning, and changed to a Chrysalis, and the Moth came forth three Weeks after. It is very scarce, and the Female has no Wings. I took one of these Caterpillars, feeding on Oak Leaves, on the 25th of September 1748; two Days after, it spun up in order to its Chrysalis State, and, on the 8th of October, the Moth was bred: From whence I conclude, this Moth breeds twice in a Year.
See Rosel, Cl. 2. Tab. 40. Albin, P. 90.
L. I. ch. I.
Cl. 3. S. c. 4.
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