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when touched, feeds on a variety of low plants. The moth ex- 

 pands about two inches and a half, and has brown fore rrings, 

 with interlacing white markings, and red hind wings, with blue- 

 black spots. The White and Buff Ermines (Spilosoma Menthastri 



Tiger- Moth (Arctla Co/a). 



and Lubricipeda) are also very common in gardens ; they are 

 white or yellowish white, with numerous black dots on their 

 wings ; they measure about an inch and a half in expanse. 



The Lithosiida have rather narrow fore wings and broad hind 

 wings. Their bodies are short and slender, and they are gener- 

 ally pale coloured, often with a yellowish stripe along the front 

 of the fore wings. They fold their fore wings flatly over each 

 other, and sham death when alarmed. They rarely measure 

 more than an inch and a half in expanse, and are sometimes 

 more or less spotted ; one species (Gnophria Rnbricollis] is 

 black, with a red band on the neck, and the body tipped with red. 



The Liparidce are broad- winged moths with rather short 



Brown-Tail Moth (Porthesia. Chrysorrhcect), 



belies, and the males have pectinated antennse. Many of the 

 Epccies are white, such as the Gold-Tail and Brown-Tail Moths 



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