The English Moths and Butterflies

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Author

Wilkes, Benjamin, -1749

Title

The English moths and butterflies : Together with the plants, flowers, and fruits whereon they feed, and are usually found.

Original Publication

London: Wilkes, 1749.

Credits

Frank van Drogen, A Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Butterflies -- Great Britain

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 73622

Release Date

May 13, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.THE English Moths and Butterflies: Together with The Plants, Flowers, and Fruits whereon they Feed, and are usually Found.
4. 4.TO MARTIN FOLKES , Esq; President , And to the COUNCIL and FELLOWS of the ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDO N.
5. 5.THE PREFAC E.
6. 6.INTRODUCTIO N. — Of Moths and Butterflies in general. — On the different Manner of laying their Eggs. — Of the Eggs. — Of Caterpillars . — Of the Food of Caterpillars , and their Manner of Feeding. — Of the Forms of Caterpillars . — Of the Change of Caterpillars into the Chrysalis State. — Of the Chrysalis or Aurelia . — How the Aurelia or Chrysalis is secured. — Of the FLY . — The Distinction of Moths and Butterflies . — Concerning the Food of the Fly . — The Enemies of Moths and Butterflies .
7. 7.An Account of those Places where some Gentlemen of the AURELIAN SOCIETY Have been used to collect Caterpillars , Chrysalides and Flies , In the following Months of the Year. — MARC H . — APRI L . — MA Y . — JUN E . — JUL Y . — AUGUS T . — SEPTEMBE R .
8. 8.In order to oblige such persons as may be desirous To make a COLLECTION of MOTHS and BUTTERFLIES , Though unacquainted with the Manner how, It is judged proper to lay down the following DIRECTIONS .
9. 9.Untitled
10. 10.THE Names of the Subscribers to, and Encouragers of , Mr. WILKES ’s Attempt towards a Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies .
11. 11.BOOK I. PART I. — CHA P. I. — Class I. Such Caterpillars whose Bodies are Smooth .
12. 12.Class II. Caterpillars having little Hair .
13. 13.Class III. Caterpillars having much Hair .
14. 14.Untitled
15. 15.CHA P. II. — Class I. Caterpillars having eight Feet, two Holders, and six Claws or Hooks, and having Protuberances. — Class II. Caterpillars which are hairy, having two Holders, four Feet, and six Hooks or Claws.
16. 16.CHA P. III. — Class I. Smooth or naked Loopers.
17. 17.Class II. Hairy Loopers.
18. 18.CHA P. IV. Caterpillars shaped like Wood-Lice. — Class I.
19. 19.CHA P. V. Of Moths, whose Generation is not yet known. — Class I.
20. 20.BOOK II. — CHA P. I. Caterpillars producing Flies , which resemble partly the Moth , and partly the Butterfly . — Class I.
21. 21.BOOK III. — CHA P. I. Caterpillars , whose Bodies are Smooth , producing Butterflies . — Class I. — Class II.
22. 22.Untitled
23. 23.Class III. Caterpillars armed with Spikes.
24. 24.CHA P. II. Caterpillars shaped like Wood-Lice. — Class I.
25. 25.CHA P. III. Of Butterflies whose Generation is not yet known. — Class I.
26. 26.INDEX to the FLIES .
27. 27.INDEX to the PLANTS.
28. 28.Untitled

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