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LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



before the hind-margin, with the inner margin suffused with 

 reddish-brown in the central area. There are two zig-zag yel- 

 lowish transverse lines, and small black spots in front of the 



The Lobster Moth. 



hind margin, bounded by whitish on the inner side. The hind- 

 wings are reddish-grey, darker on the costa, with traces of a 

 dentated transverse line. 



The larva is chestnut-brown, stouter behind, with a pale dorsal 

 line edged with blackish. On each of the segments, from the 

 fifth to the tenth, is a pair of humps, the first of these being 

 the largest. The last segment, which is broad, ends in two 

 short, erect, somewhat clubbed horns. The six thoracic legs 

 are very long and two-jointed. When at rest, the larva keeps 

 the head and tail raised, 



