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a line which is first dark reddish-brown, and afterwards yellow. 

 Along the middle passes a line, and on both sides of this 

 are dots darker than the ground-colour. On the last seg- 

 ment are two whitish crescentic spots with the convexity 

 outwards. The whole of the body is covered with delicate 



Larva of Poplar Kitten. 



yellow spots ringed with violet, and the spiracles are also yellow 

 with a dark reddish-brown ring. The filaments are light green 

 tipped with red, and between them are two stiff black spines. 

 It feeds on poplar. The pupa is light brown, with a case 

 formed of chips of wood held together with silk. 



THE PUSS-MOTH. CERURA VINULA. 

 (Plate XC1V. Fig. I (imago), 2 (larva).) 



Bombyx vinula, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i. p. 499, no. 16 

 (1758) ; id. Faun. Suec. p. 294 (1761) ; Esper, Schmett. Hi. 

 p. 95, Taf. 18, figs. 1-7 (1784) ; Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iii. 

 figs. 34, 340 (1800-1841); Godart, Lepid. France, iv. p. 

 160, pi. 15, fig. 23 (1822). 



Bombyx gnoma, Fabricius, Gen. Ins. p. 279 (1777). 



Centra vinula, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 19 (1828) ; 

 Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 136, pi. 30, figs. 4, a-c 

 (1880); Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. ii. p. 143, pi. 32, 

 fig. 4 (1887); Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl. iii. p. 93, pi. 102 



(1895). 



The Puss-Moth is common throughout Europe and Northern 



