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bordered with grey on the outer side. The hind-wings are 

 whitish. 



The larva is green, with a brown head. It has a very small 

 hump on the fifth, and large ones on the sixth, seventh, 

 eighth, and twelfth segments. It feeds on poplar, birch, and 

 aspen. 



This is a very rare Moth in England. 



THE IRON PROMINENT. NOTODONTA DROMEDARIUS. 



Bombyx dromedarius, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. xii.) i. (2) p. 827, 

 no. 62 (1767); Esper, Schmett. iii. p. 297, Taf. 59, figs. 

 5-9 (1786); Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iii. fig. 28 (1800); 

 Godart, Lepid. France, iv. p. 87, pi. 17, fig. 5 (1822). 



Notodonta dromedarius^ Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 53 

 (1810); Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 22 (1828); 

 Curtis, Brit. Ent. xiv. pi. 739 (1839) ; Kirby, Eur. Butter- 

 flies and Moths, p. 142 (1880); Buckler, Larvae of Brit. 

 Lepid. ii. p. 150, pi. n^ fig. 2 (1887); Barrett, Lepid. 

 Brit. Isl. iii. p. 123, pi. 107, figs. 2, 2a-e (1895). 



The Iron Prominent is common in many parts of Europe. 

 It expands from i^ to 2 inches. 



The fore-wings are dark greyish-brown, spotted with whitish 

 or yellow at the base. There are two blackish-brown undu- 

 lating transverse lines, bordered with whitish or yellow on the 

 sides remote from one another, and between these near the 

 costa is a small rusty-brown streak enclosed in white or yel- 

 lowish. In front of the hind margin is a rusty-brown stripe, 

 extending as far as the hinder angle, where it joins the second 

 transverse line to form a yellow or whitish-grey spot. The 

 hind-wings are brownish-grey, with a faint whitish transverse 

 band, and a dark brown dash at the anal angle. 



The larva is yellow, with a dorsal hump on the fifth to ihe 



