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coloured in the middle. "We know nothing 

 of the caterpillar of this beautiful insect. (Its 

 cieutific name is Sesia Chrysidiformis.} 



21. The Six-Belted Clearwing (Sesia Ichneumoni- 

 f or mis). 



21. THE SIX-BELTED CLEARWING. Fore 

 wings transparent, with brownish margins, 

 and a brown bar just beyond the middle ; the 

 space just within the tip is yellowish; the 

 thorax is black, with two indistinct yellow 

 lines ; the body black, with six narrow yellow 

 belts ; the tail-fringe is black and inconspicu- 

 ous. The caterpillar feeds in the stems of 

 the Stinking Hellebore, and lives through the 

 winter : the perfect insect occurs in June and 

 July, and is not uncommon at the top of the 

 cliff about Ramsgate and Margate; it used 

 to be abundant in the sand-pit at Charlton, 

 but the Hellebore has been destroyed. (The 

 scientific name is Sesia Ichneumoniformis.} 



22. The Yellow-Legged Clearwing (Saia Cynipi- 

 formis}. 



22. THE YELLOW-LEGGED CLEARWING. 

 Fore wings with a black margin, and a black 

 bar near the middle, the inner half of which 

 is black, the outer half orange; head black, 

 with a yellow ring round tho neck ; thorax 

 black, with two bright yellow lines; body 

 black, with four yellow belts the male has 

 the tail-fringe black, the female golden yellow. 

 The caterpillar lives in the bark of elm and 

 oak trees ; it feeds through the winter. The 

 Moth appears at Midsummer, and is common 

 in Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. (The 

 scientific name is Sesia Cynipiformis.} 



23. THE CURRANT CLEARWING. Fore wings 

 margined with black, and having a black bar 



23. The Currant Clearwing (Stiia Tipuliformit). 

 just beyond the middle ; tip yellowish, with 

 black veins ; thorax black, with two narrow 

 yellow lines ; body black, with three narrow 

 yellow belts ; tail-fringe entirely black. The 

 caterpillar feeds on the pith of the twigs of 

 currant-bushes, and is too common, causing 

 the death of the shoots wherever it occurs : it 

 is to be found alive throughout the winter by 

 splitting open these twigs ; the Moth appears 

 in June. (The scientific name is Sesia Tipu- 

 liformis.) 



24. The Orange-Tailed Clearwing (Sesia Andreni- 



formii), 



24. THE ORANGE-TAILED CLEARWING. Fore 

 wings with black margins and tip, and a black 

 bar just beyond the middle ; thorax and body 

 black; the latter with one distinct and one 

 indistinct white or pale-yellow belt. Tail- 

 fringe brilliant orange, and very large. The 

 caterpillar is quite unknown, and the Moth 

 extremely rare ; a single specimen was taken 

 last year, flying by night near Market Hsr- 

 borough, by the Eev. A. Matthews, and is 

 now in that gentleman's very valuable collec- 

 tion. (The scientific name is Sesia Andreni- 

 formis.) 



25. The Welsh Clearwing (Sesia Scolia/ormis). 

 25. THB WELSH CLEARWING. Fore wings 

 transparent; with the margins, tip, and 9 



