Scale^winged Insects 



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wings, thick, tapering bodies, and the antennae 

 thickest in the middle. The pink, greenish- 

 striped ELEPHANT HAWK-MOTH (see page 718) 

 is a comparatively small species. The speci- 

 mens measure about 2 inches across the wings. 

 Some species are much larger. The DEATH'S- 

 HEAD HAWK-MOTH, whose caterpillar feeds on 

 potato-leaves, is 5 or 6 inches in expanse ; and 

 some of the South American species measure 

 as much as 9 inches. The caterpillars of the 

 hawk-moths are generally green, often with 

 oblique lines of a different colour on the sides. 

 They are not hairy, though the skin is some- 

 times rough, and there is a fleshy appendage, 

 called a "horn," on the back, just before the 

 extremity of the body. The brown pupae 

 are found in cells in the ground. 



The CHINESE 



M U L BERRY-SILK- 

 WORM, which pro- 

 duces most of the 

 silk of commerce, 



Photo by E. C. Atkinson. 



ORANGE-TIP. 



Showing three different positions when wings are folded, aid partly 

 or entirely concealing upper wing. 



is a smooth, 



whitish caterpillar, about 2 inches long, with a horn. It is 

 often reared in England on lettuce. The moth is a sluggish, 

 stout-bodied insect. It is whitish, with two dusky stripes on the 

 fore wings. The pupa is enclosed in an oval whitish or yellow 

 cocoon of pure silk. 



The EMPEROR-MOTHS, of which there is only one species 

 in England, likewise spin large cocoons, sometimes used for 



Photo by J. Edwards, Colesbome. 

 LARGE GRIZZLED SKIPPER 



BUTTERFLY. 

 Upper- and under-sides. 



commercial purposes. The 

 caterpillars are generally more 

 or less spiny or tufted. Some 

 of the moths have long tails 

 on the hind wings, like swallow- 

 tailed butterflies, and there 

 are several species in South 

 Europe, South Africa, the East 

 Indies, and North America of 

 a beautiful sea-green colour. 

 It will be noticed that the 

 specimens represented on page 

 718 have the tails a little 

 broken, which is a very 

 common accident with swallow- 

 tailed butterflies and moths. 

 We may also notice the round 



Photo by Jr. P. Dando, F.Z.S.] [Regent's Park. 



SWALLOW-TAILED BUTTERFLY 

 The only British species of this butterfly is almost confined to the fen districts of Norfolk. 



