DRINKER MOTH. 



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or bar runs from the apex to middle of hind 

 margin. The female is much larger and of a 

 lighter colour than the male. Hind- wings nearly 

 uniform ochre, or but slightly marked. Thorax 

 and abdomen also uniform. The tail in the male 



Drinker Moth and Caterpillar. 



is bifid, that, is, is split into two lobes or tufts ; 

 in the female it is pointed. 



The gaudy caterpillar of this species, con- 

 spicuous for its handsome colouring of yellow 



