BUFF TIP MOTH. J89 



September, they permit themselves to drop to the 

 ground, into which they burrow, and change into a 

 dark-brown pupa. The insect is an abundant one 

 in the vicinity of London, and in many other parts 

 of England, but it appears to be somewhat scarce 

 in Scotland and other more northern places. " Larva 

 very common on the chestnut in Dumfries-shire." 

 Sir W. Jardine, Bart. 



PUSS-MOTH. 



Cerura VinuLa. 



PLATE XVI. Fig. 1. 



Plial. Bomb. Vinula, Linn. ; Donovan, iii. PI. 85. Cerura 

 Vmula, Shrank ; Stephens, &c Puss-moth, Wtikes* PI 29 

 Harris'' Aurel. PI. 38. 



THIS well-defined genus may be readily recognized 

 by its somewhat diaphanous wings, its bipectinated 

 antenna?, and the presence of four minute palpi. 

 The trunk is short and nearly straight. The anterior 

 tibia? are furnished with an unusual appendage, in 

 the form of a long compressed lobe, attached to the 

 inner side near the base. Nine British species have 

 been described, of which that which we have figured 

 s by far the most conspicuous. The expansion of the 

 wings is about three inches, the male usually some- 



