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may be seen in the conspicuous caterpillar of the 

 Lappet-moth, which is further deserving of notice 

 under this head, from heing provided with a lateral 

 series of fleshy lobes, hanging one from each segment 

 and giving the creature the appearance of having 

 twenty feet. It is from these appendages bearing 

 some resemblance to lappets that the moth has 

 obtained its English name. The larva of the 

 Twin-spotted underwing (Miselia bimaculosa), of 

 the Coxcomb ( Lophopteryx Camelina), and some 

 others, have the penultimate segment armed with a 

 pair of short horns ; and that of a geometer-moth, 

 named the Lilac-beauty (Pericallia syringaria), 

 has two long recurved ones on the back of the eighth 

 segment. Others of these surveyors have a variety 

 of dorsal prominences, which contribute greatly to 

 increase the remarkable resemblance many of them 

 bear to a withered twig, by representing the knots 

 and other projections of the wood. The curiously 

 formed caterpillar which produces one of the most 

 lovely of our native moths, named, from the rosy 

 spots on its upper wings, the Peach-blossom ( Thya- 

 tira Batis), bears a large tubercle near the head, 

 divided at the top into two short horns. A still 

 more remarkable projection is found in a prettily 

 marked caterpillar occasionally met with in gardens 

 throughout the country. It is an obtuse fleshy 

 pyramid rising from the back of the fourth segment, 

 of a black colour, fringed with hairs, and incapable 

 of motion ; the moth named the Dagger (Acronycta 

 Psi) originates from this larva. Several have the 



