MOTHS OF THE LIMBERLOST 



same tan shade, with red next the abdomen, and crossed 

 by brown bands of deeper shade than the fore-wings. 

 The shoulders are covered with long silky hair like the 

 front wings. This is so delicate that it becomes detached 

 at the slightest touch of vine or leaf. The abdomen is 

 slightly lighter in colour on top, and a creamy tan be- 

 neath. The legs are gray, and the feet to the first joint 

 tan, crossed by faint lines of brown. 



The head is small, with l^ig prominent eyes that see 

 better by day than most night moths; for Catocala takes 

 precipitate flight at the merest shadow. The antennae 

 are long, delicate and threadlike, and must be broken 

 very easily in the flight of the moth. It is nothing un- 

 usual to see them with one antenna shorter than the other, 

 half, or entirely gone; and a perfect specimen with both 

 antennae, and all the hair on its shoulders, is rare. They 

 have a long tongue that uncoils like Lineata, and Celeus, 

 so they are feeders, l)ut not of day, for they never take 

 flight until evening, except when disturbed. The male 

 is smaller than the female, his fore-wings deeply flushed 

 with darker colour and the back brighter red with more 

 black in the bands. 



Neogama, another member of this family, is a degree 

 smaller than Amatrix, but of the same shape. The fore- 

 wings are covered with broken lines of different colours, 

 the groundwork gray, with gold flushings, the lines and 

 dots of the border very like the Sweetheart's. The back 



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