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Tlie caterpillar, which seems to be a general 

 feeder, is yellowish-green, with dark -brown spots 

 and lines on various parts of the body. The moth, 

 which is prized for its beauty as well as its congener 

 T. batis, is much more common than that species* 

 being frequently found in most parts of England, 

 near woods and in shady lanes. It becomes scarce 

 in the north, but has been taken near York and in 

 Northumberland. July and August are the periods 

 of its flight. 



THE HERALD-MOTH, 



SooUopteryx Ltftatrix. 

 PLATE XXIV. Fig. 1. 



Phal. Bomb. Libatrix, Linn. ; Don. vi. PI. 216. Bomb. Li- 

 batrus, Furbelow-moth, Haivorth. Herald-moth, //arm. 

 Calyptra Libatrix, Ochsen, Steph. 



THIS beautiful moth occurs in great profusion in 

 the more southern parts of England, but becomes 

 rarer as we advance northwards, and cannot be said 

 to be common in any quarter of Scotland. It fre- 

 quents places where willows and poplars grow, it 

 being upon these trees that the larvae feed. It 

 first appears in July, and is likewise found plenti- 

 fully in October, whence Aurelians have culled it 



