1 90 PUSS-MOTH. 



what less. The anterior wings are greyish white (the 

 latter colour predominating in the male), somewhat 

 naked and diaphanous, especially towards the tip, 

 the nervures strongly marked and of a yellowish- 

 hrown. The costa is spotted with black ; near the 

 base are two transverse approximating rows of 

 similar spots, beyond this a waved dusky band, fol- 

 lowed by two other rows of spots, rather indistinctly 

 marked : near the centre there is a series of arcuate 

 streaks extending in an oblique line across the 

 wing, the anterior one being largest and darkest, 

 and the space beyond is occupied with two dusky 

 zigzag lines, the hinder margin having a longitudinal 

 dusky streak between each nervure. The hinder 

 wings are ashy-brown, whitish round the edge, 

 especially in the male, having an obscure crescent on 

 the disk and a few dark spots on the posterior 

 margin. The thorax and abdomen are ashy- white, 

 the former with a few scattered black spots, the latter 

 with black marks at the base of the segments. The 

 region of the eyes is deep black, and the tarsi are 

 likewise of that colour and prettily ringed with 

 white. 



The caterpillar of this insect is one of the most 

 remarkable found in this country, and its form and 

 attitudes are so grotesque that it seldom fails to 

 attract the notice even of the 'most indifferent ob- 

 servers. When at rest, it holds its large and 

 singular looking head somewhat elevated and drawn 

 back upon the anterior segments of the body, after 

 the manner of a Sphinx caterpillar, and the double 



