A short history of the brown-tail moth : the caterpillars of which are at present uncommonly numerous and destructive in the vicinity of the metropolis / by William Curtis.
- William Curtis
- Date:
- 1782
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A short history of the brown-tail moth : the caterpillars of which are at present uncommonly numerous and destructive in the vicinity of the metropolis / by William Curtis. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![Is] ofl.tke Infers a'bont-PaH^, defcribes^ k? as tHe moft common of any with th&m fdundoii;moft of their trees, which it often fti*ips entirety of-their-fetiagdhT- the rpring'**. Otir great--nat-ufalift-RAY -alfodefcribes^this Caterpillar in his- Hijloria InfeBorum It is likewife-ligurM^ and defcribed by RoBSEL,- a-Germ?yh wtiter. 'Din-^jbus has either omittedi or confounded it- with^the Cforyforrhie-a^, or Ve'Uow-tail Moth^ with-Which-i-tdl-a& a great affinity. Thefe-authorities-witlibe Efficient to fHew, that'it ds no new Infedt,' ahdU:hatd¥S ravages afe hot-unufual. It mufl:^ however, be allowed thataf-hey ate,^atid,'have been the< two 1 aft years, uncommonlygreahand-unufuallyextenfive.- WhenhifeJfis are'multiplied in- this extraordinary manner, it' is feldom that they-ext^id through a'whole country ; the pre- cife tra<ft whichthefe occupy I have had no opportunity^ of ob-- ferving.^' On theKihgfton^Road-I traced them as far as Putney Common, on the farther part^of which, on the trees about'' C-oomb Wood and Richmond Pa'rk, a web was nottobefeen. I remarked, that they were extremely numerous to the diftatice' of-‘ about eight miles on the'Uxbridge Road. On-theGrbat Weftern Road they terminated about the Star and Garter leading'to Kew'; from whence, to Alton in Hampfhire, not-one was vifi- ble; and I have received undoubted information from other quarters, that the deftruflion they occafion is by no means '■ general., * Sa Chenille a feize pattes. C’efi; la plus commune de toutes. Elie ell velue, de couleur jaunatr6, et elle vient fur prefque tous les arbres, qu’elle depouille fouvcnt entierement des les printems, GroFFROY A//?, abregee dfs InfeSies qui fe trouvant aux Environs de Pari', p. 117. -j- Thus, Eruca longis pills fuhis hirfuia pulla, pundtis albls et. duolus rubris in imo dorfo varia, p. 347. Havinjj](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22463252_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
