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of Dicranura are of this kind. We give a representation of the 

 caterpillar and the moth of the Puss Moth {Dicranura vinula, 

 Figs. 244, 245), as also the moth of the Dicranura verbasci^ the 

 former of which is common in England, and the larva may be found 



Fig. 246. — Dicranura verliasci. 



during the late summer and early autumn feeding on poplars and 

 willows ; and of the caterpillar of Stauropus fagi, the Lobster Moth 

 (Fig. 247), rare in France, whose appearance is strange indeed. The 

 moths, on the contrary, have nothing about them remarkable. 



The Noctuina are a group of Lepidoptera of middling size, and 

 generally found in woods, meadows, and gardens, where their eater- 



Larva of the Lobbter Moth {Stauropus fagi). 



pillars have lived. They seldom fly till about sunset, or during the 

 night. Their upper wings are of a dark colour, with spots in_ the 

 middle of a particular shape. Their lower wings are of variou« 

 colours, often whitish, sometimes red or yellow. 



