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wings are more or less transparent, and they resemble hymenop- 

 terous insects rather than moths. The largest and commonest is 

 Algeria Apifonnis, a black, yellow-belted sluggish insect, which 

 is often found resting on the trunks of poplars in early summer. 

 It so much resembles a large wasp that when I first saw it alive, I 

 felt very nervous about touching it with my fingers, although I 

 knew perfectly well that it was only a moth. The species of 

 the genus Trochilinm are small moths which only expand about 

 an inch. They have transparent wings, with blackish borders, 

 sometimes tinged with yellow or red ; and long bodies, tufted at 

 the tip, and marked with one or more red or yellow belts. 

 The commonest species is T. Tipuliforme, which is found among 

 currant bushes, on the pith of which the larva feeds ; the moth 

 has three yellow belts on the abdomen. 



The Zygcenida are small moths with long wings, and short 



Five-Spot Burnet Moth (Zygeena Trifolii). 



bodies ; they fly by day. The Burnet Moths have steel-blue fore 

 wings, streaked with red, or marked with five or six red spots. The 

 commonest species are Z. Filipendula (with six) and Z. Trifolii 

 (with five). Their antennae are much thickened before the tip, 

 which is not the case in the Green Foresters, of which we have 

 three local species, all very much alike, with green fore wings 

 and dark-brown hind wings. They are a little smaller than 

 the Burnets, only measuring about an inch across the wings. 

 Procris Statices, which frequents meadows, like most of the 

 Zyganidtz, is the commonest species. 



Turning now to the Bombyces, we find that the family Arctiidiz, 

 or Tiger-Moths, contains the handsomest species. The 

 Cinnabar Moth (Callimorpha Jacobcea) is very similar to a 

 Burnet, and is almost the same size, but has much broader wings, 

 and its antennae are not thickened. It is brown, with red hind 

 wings, and red streaks and spots on the fore wings. The Tiger 

 Moth (Arctia Caja] is very common in gardens, and its shaggy 

 brown and reddish caterpillar, which rolls itself up into a ball 



