PEACH-BLOSSOM MOTH. 109 



Moth is given on Plate YIII. fig. 3, and another 

 is seen ia the accompanying illustration. 



Peach Blossom Moth. 



The ground colour of the upper wings is 

 brownish, with a wash of green, and the boldly 

 marked spots are rosy pink in the centre, and 

 white at the circumference. The lower wings are 

 much paler brown than the upper pair, and have 

 none of the beautiful rose pink. The antennae 

 of the male are slightly pectiuated. while those of 

 the female are simple. 



The larva of the Peach-blossom Moth feeds on 

 the blackberry, and may be recognized by the 

 slightly velvety body and the humps which 

 appear in several of the segments. That in the 

 third segment projects forward and almost covers 

 the second segment like a hood. The two next 

 segments are simple, but the four next are 



