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TRANSFORMATIONS OF INSECTS. 



the representation of the structures in the accompanying en- 

 graving with that of those of the butterflies on page ']6. 



ANTENNi^ OF MOTHS. 

 Sphinx ligustri. Bombyx cecropia. Fidonia plumaria. 



There are some Lepidoptera which come under the division 

 we are now considering, but which may readily be taken for 

 hornet-like flies. Their projecting bodies, and particularly their 

 colouring, which is black with yellow bands, give the individuals 

 of the genus Scsia a very waspish look. They are really moths, 

 the appearance of which in the perfect state is as odd as is that 

 of their caterpillars. Their wings do not look like those of but- 

 terflies ; narrow, and nearly entirely transparent and naked, they 



