BUFF-TIP MOTH. 97 



at rest is here given, so that the reader may 

 compare it with that of the flying Moth on 

 Plate VII. 



Buff-tip Moth. 



The popular name of the Moth is given to it 

 on account of the buff-coloured patch at the tips 

 of the upper wings. The general hue of the 

 wings is grey, and they are covered by several 

 darker hues, one of them separating the buff- 

 coloured patch from the rest of the wing. The 

 lower wings are also grey, but with a yellowish 

 tinge, and the body and thorax are brownish 

 buff. In the male insect the antennae are pec- 

 tinated, as seen upon the plate, but in the female 

 they are simply thread-like. 



The caterpillar feeds upon many trees, and, in 

 some places where the Moth is plentiful, does 

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