100 WHITE PROMINENT MOTH. 



typical genus, embraces some twelve species. A 

 good, thougli not very common example of this 

 genus, is seen on Plate VII. fig. 6. This is the 

 White Prominent [Notodmita hicolor), some- 

 times called the Orange V Moth, on account of 

 its rather peculiar marking. The figure is a 

 trifle smaller than the generality of specimens. 



The colour of all the wings is white, but the 

 upper pair have a double series of blackish dots 

 extending nearly across the wings, and an orange 

 mark looking something like a roughly made V 

 or Y. Even the head, thorax, and body are 

 white, or whitish grey. This Moth appears in 

 June. 



We must not pass without notice the Pebble 

 Prominent {Notodmita ziczac), because it is the 

 species which has earned for the whole genus 

 the name of ^ISTotodonta, or Tooth-back. 



The colours of the perfect insect are in no 

 way remarkable, being nothing more than various 

 shades of brown. 



The caterpillar, however, is a most extraordinary 

 creature. The head is very large in proportion 

 to the general size; and on the sixth, seventh, 

 and tweKth segments there is a bold hump, that 

 of the sixth segment, which occupies about 

 the middle of its body, being sharp, curved, and 



