62 FEATHERED THORN. 



similarly coloured, has the dark brown mark at 

 the tip of the wing, the dark band across the 

 wings, and the semilunar white mark. There is, 

 however, a decided purple hue about the basal 

 half of each wing, which serves to distinguish it 

 from its congener. The dark band, too, is more 

 decidedly marked. 



Last of the Thorn Moths comes that pretty 

 and rather conspicuous insect, the FEATHERED 

 THORN (Himera pennaria). See Plate V. fig. 1. 

 This Moth is about an inch and three-quarters in 

 span of wing, and the antennae of the male 

 insect are thickly featured, whence the specific 

 name. In the female they are simple. Tore- 

 wings pale reddish grey, with three distinct 

 transverse blackish bands, margins wavy, not 

 scalloped. Hind-wings pale greyish yellow at 

 base, deepening into ruddy ochre and thence 

 into blackish grey at the margin. Thorax and 

 abdomen similarly coloured of a pale yellowish, 

 grey. 



There is a conspicuous spot at the tip of the 

 fore-wings, white in the male and grey in the 

 female. The beautiful antennae of the male are 

 remarkable for the white hue of the shaft, which 

 contrasts prettily with the brown featherings. 

 The wings of the female are narrower than those 



