226 MOTH. 



Moth is a native of England, and is commonly 

 called the Emperor Moth. In every respect ex- 

 cept size it so greatly resembles the former, that 

 Linnaeus chose to consider it as a permanent 

 yariety only of the same species. The larva and 

 pupa are also of the same appearance with those 

 of the preceding, but on a much smaller scale. 



The Bombyces constitute a very numerous tribe, 

 of which the Phalcena Cqja or great tiger-moth may 

 serve as an example. This species is one of the 

 larger English moths, and is of a fine pale cream 

 colour, with chocolate-brown bars and spots; the 

 lower wings red, with black spots j the thorax 

 chocolate-brown, with a red collar round the neck, 

 and the bod}' red with black bars. The Cater- 

 pillar is of a deep brown, with white specks j ex- 

 tremely hairy, and feeds on various plants. It 

 changes into chrysalis in June, and the Fly ap- 

 pears in July. 



Ph. Vlnula is remarkable for elegance of appear- 

 ance without gaiety of colour, being a middle- 

 sized white moth, variegated with numerous small 

 black streaks and specks: the thorax and abdomen 

 are extremely downy, and the body is marked by 

 transverse black bars. The caterpillar of this moth 

 is far more brilliant in its appearance than the 

 complete animal; it is of considerable size, mea- 

 suring above two inches in length, and is of a most 

 beautiful green colour, with the back of a dull 

 purple, freckled with very numerous deeper streaks 

 in a longitudinal direction: this purple part of the 

 back is separated from the green on the sides by 



