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size, are to be seen in almost every cabinet; but that the species should'have escaped the researches of the most eminent collectors, is ratherastonishing.

We have sought every information which our connection wouldpermit; and from the result we scarcely hesitate to pronounce theinsect of a nondescript species, and our specimen to be perfectlyunique; at least it is a newly-discovered acquisition to many scientificentymologists.

The original, whence the figure has been copied, is in the collec-tion of the author; it was taken in a lane leading immediately fromthe wood at "Tottenham , the last week in June, 1793. It was dis-covered in the evening, on a blade of grass; and, from its wet ap-pearance, as well as exquisite preservation, it had certainly justemerged from its chrysalis.

The Caterpillar may be supposed to be an underground feeder, andto subsist on the roots of grafs, &c. or one of that kind which comesonly above the surface of the earth in the night.

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