THE LONG-noHN MOTH. 159 



This is a most lovely little Moth, the upper 

 wings being deep purple, with a metallic gloss. 

 The three spots which are seen on each wing are 

 of a beautiful golden yellow, making the insect a 

 very conspicuous one. 



The larva of this Moth is one of the burrowers, 

 making its way into the tender shoots of the 

 currant, and completely tunnelling out all their 

 interior. It is a tolerably common Moth, and may 

 be captured in the day-time, fluttering about the 

 currant-bushes or settling upon them. The 

 perfect insect appears about June. 



'Next we come to some singularly beautiful 

 insects, remarkable for the enormous length of 

 their antennae. 



The first of them is the Long-horn (Adela De 

 Geerella), one figure of which is given in the next 

 page with its wings extended, and another -with 

 them closed. The length of the antennae may be 

 understood from the fact that a Moth scarcely 

 a quarter of an inch long has the antennae an 

 inch and a quarter long, exactly five times the 

 length of the body. These antennae are as fine as 

 spider-webs, and as the insect sits on the oak-leaf 

 the antennae wave about with every breath of air, 

 looking like threads of iridescent spun glass. This 



