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The species of this genus are of dull colour, and frequent 

 blossoming sallows in early spring. The proboscis and 

 palpi are rather short, but the third joint of the latter, though 

 short, is visible. The legs are short and very hairy. These 

 moths are usually called " Quakers " by collectors. They have 

 a general resemblance to the Bombyces, and were classed 

 with them by some of the older writers. They are moths 

 with stout hairy bodies ; and the abdomen, which extends a 

 little beyond the hind-wings, is obtuse in the male, and more 

 or less pointed in the female. 



THE COMMON QUAKER. CUPHANOA CERASI. 



Noctua cerasi, Fabricius, Spec. Ins. p. 600, no. 42 (1781). 

 Noctua stabilis, Vieweg, Tab. Verz. Churmark Brandenburg 



Schmett. ii. p. 14 (1789); Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iv. 



fig. 171 (1799?). 

 Orthosia stabilis, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (2), p. 233 



(1825); Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 143 (1829). 

 Taniocampa stabilis, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 173 



(1880) ; Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. v. pi. 81, figs. 



4, 4 a (1890). 



The Common Quaker. 



The Common Quaker is an abundant species in Central 

 and Southern Europe. It expands from an inch and a quarter 

 to about an inch and a half. 



The fore-wings are reddish-ochreous, with dull yellowish 

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