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The English moths and butterflies

Chapter 42: Class I.
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The work presents detailed, colored illustrations of native moths and butterflies alongside concise natural-history descriptions, tracing each species' life stages from egg through caterpillar and chrysalis to adult. Plates are paired with accounts of seasonal appearance, host plants, feeding habits, and practical guidance for finding, rearing, and preserving specimens. Observations are drawn from prolonged field and experimental study and organized into classes with accompanying plant identifications. Prefatory material explains the author's methods and influences, and the volume aims to make insect study accessible by combining accurate paintings with systematic notes on behavior, development, and collection techniques.

CHAP.  V.

Of Moths, whose Generation is not yet known.

Class I.

Sect. a.

L. 1. Ch. 5.

I.

Cl. 1. S. a. 1.

THE GLORY OF KENT, a Moth. This is the only Moth of the Kind that I have yet heard was ever taken in England or elsewhere. It was found about the Middle of April, 1741, flying in a Wood, in the Day-time, near Cookham, by Westram, in Kent. It was taken by Mr. William Constable, who lives near that Place; and the Moth is at present in the Collection of Mr. Charles Cabrier, of London.

L. I. ch. V.

Cl. 2. S. A. 1.

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The Double-Flowering Peach.

Persica Africana nova, flore incarnato pleno. Tourn.

L. 1. Ch. 5.

II.

Cl. 1. S. a. 2.

THE CLEIFDEN NONPAREIL, a Moth. This curious Fly was found by Mr. Davenport, sticking against the Body of an Ash Tree, near Cleifden, in Buckinghamshire. It was taken in the Month of July: Is at present in the Possession of Charles Lockyer, Esq; and is the only one of the Sort that I have yet seen or heard of.

L. I. ch. V.

Cl. 1. S. A. 2.

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The Ciphian Rose.

Rosa; pimpinella minor Scotica, floribus ex albo & corneo eleganter variegatis. Pluk. Alm.