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DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



MOTHS IN GENERAL. 



A group of Moths agents and emblems of decay holding their twilight or 

 nocturnal revels amidst the ruins of a noble structure, of the transition 

 period from early English to the decorated style, the work of man. 



The large descending flier in the centre of the window is the Hawk-Moth 

 " Death's-Head" (Acherontia Atropos) ; beneath it, to the left, the 

 delicately pencilled " Puss " (Centra vinula) ; that to the right, still 

 lower, the Red Underwing (Cotocala nuptd). Following upwards the 

 framework of the window, from its lower right-hand corner, we come 

 first to the Goat-Moth (Cossiis Kgniperda), in downward flight ; above, 

 distinguished by its eyed or ocellated pinions, ascends the " Emperor " 

 (Saturnia pavonia) ; higher, and next in order, rises the little Bark 

 Clothes-Moth (Tinea corticella) ; and above, within the point of the 

 arch, the particoloured " Magpie" (Abraxus grossulariata) , "Within 

 the point of the left-hand arch of the window, is the angular-winged 

 " Swallow-tail " (Ourapteryx sambucaria). On the same side, descend- 

 ing with the frame, we meet next with the "Buff-tip" (Pygcera 

 Bucephala) ; below, resting on the stone-work, the Herald (Scoliopteryx 

 libatrix) ; and, rising from the left-hand corner, the large, dark-winged 



