20 CURRANT CLEAR WING MOTE. 



the same genus. This is the Currant Clear 

 Wing Moth {Sesia tipuliformis), which bears 

 the same curious resemblance to a gnat that 

 the preceding insect does to a hornet. 



The average span of wings is rather under an 

 inch. Both wings, like those of the preceding 

 insect, are transparent. They are tinged with 

 yellow towards the margin, which is black. 

 The thorax i?. of a deep blue black, with a 

 slight yellowish streak on either side. The ab' 

 domen and its and tuft are of the same colour, 

 with three yellow bands. 



The larva of thife pretty little Moth lives in 

 the interior of currant twigs, where it feeds 

 upon the pith. It may often be seen in the 

 summer reposing on the leaves of the currant- 

 bushes, enjoying the rays of the sun, and may 

 easily be captured. 



We now come to another family of Moths, 

 the best representative of which is that singu- 

 larly pretty insect, the Wood Leopard Moth 

 {Zeuzera oesculi). 



The span of wings depends much on the sex 

 of the insect, that of the male being about two 

 inches, and that of the female half an inch 

 wider. As is often the case with insects and 



