Moths. 8 1 



HELIOTHIS ARMIGERA. 



This is a very rare niotli in England, but is found 

 over tlie greater part of the world. It expands about 

 one and a half inches. 



The fore- wings are a brownish yellow, with darker 

 indistinct markings. The hind-wings are lighter yellow 

 in colour, with a dark semi-lunar spot in the middle, 

 and have a dark marginal border. The antennge are long 

 and fine. The caterpillar was found on the potato-plant 

 and proved to be one of the cannibal species. It fed 

 occasionally on the food provided, but seemed generally 

 to prefer its companions in captivity, feeding at night, 

 and so had to be separated from them. The larva is 

 reddish brown in colour, with a yellowish stripe on the 

 sides, and it is very commonly found in Teneriffe during 

 the early spring months. 



HELIOTHIS DIFSACEA. 



This is a small moth, about one to one and a half inches 

 in expanse, and found throughout the greater part of 



