MOTH. 
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Moth is a native of England, and is commonly 
called the Emperor Moth. In every respect ex- 
cept size it so greatly resembles the former, that 
Linnaeus chose to consider it as a permanent 
variety only of the same species. The larva and 
pupa are also of the same appearance 'with those 
of the preceding, but on a much smaller scale. 
The Bombyces constitute a very numerous tribe, 
of which the Phalcena Cqja or great tiger-moth may 
serve as an example. This species is one of the 
larger English moths, and is of a fine pale cream 
colour, with chocolate-brown bars and spots; the 
lower wings red, with black spots; the thorax 
chocolate-brown, with a red collar round the neck, 
and the bod}'^ red with black bars. The Cater- 
pillar is of a deep brown, with white specks; ex- 
tremely hairy, and feeds on various plants. It 
changes into chrysalis in June, and the Fly ap- 
pears in July. 
Ph. Vinida is remarkable for elegance of appear- 
ance without gaiety of colour, being a middle- 
sized white moth, variegated with numerous small 
black streaks and specks : the thorax and abdomen 
are extremely downy, and the body is marked by 
transverse black bars. Tiie caterpillar of this moth 
is far more brilliant in its appearance than the 
complete animal; it is of considerable size, mea- 
suring above two inches in length, and is of a most 
beautiful green colour, with the back of a dull 
purple, freckled with very numerous deeper streaks 
in a longitudinal direction: this purple part of the 
back is separated from the green on the sides by 
