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Moth (Callimorpha Jacobecu), which is represented on Woodcut 

 XLYI. Fig. 1. It is an example of the family Euchelidse, in 

 which the antennae are slender and without any fringe. The 

 caterpillar spins a slight web, in which its hairs are scattered, 

 and the pupa is small. The name Euchelidse is formed from 

 two Grreek words, signifying Beautiful Caterpillar, and is given 

 to the genus because the larvas are all very beautifully coloured. 

 To me this is one of the most familiar British Moths, being 



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1. CallimoiTJha Jacobeje. 2. Deiopeia pulchella. 

 a. Callimorpha, larva. 6. Deiopeia, larva. 



3. Gastropacha quercifolia. 

 c. Gastropacha, larva. 



one of those that attracted me most as a child. At Oxford it is 

 one of the most plentiful of insects, flying about so abundantly 

 in the gardens that I always had — and still retain — a childish 

 notion that it was the blossom of a scarlet-runner gifted with 

 the power of flight. Common as it is in some places, it really is 

 scarce in otht;rs. For example, so practised an entomologist as 



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