The Moths in this group are of those not figured in the frontispiece. That 

 in the foreground, beneath the white convolvulus, is the common " Tiger " 

 (Arctia co/a); the smaller insect above, is the Humming-Bird Sphynx 

 (flfacroglossa stellatarum), uncoiling its tongue for insertion into the flower. 

 The large one to the left, the Lime-Hawk (Smerinthus Tilice). Above, in 

 upward flight, is the elegant " White Plume " (Pterophorus pentadactylui) ; 

 next, beneath it, is the little "Clearwing" (jEgeria tipuliformis) ; and, below 

 this, a " Vapourer " ( Orgyia antiqua), of which the nearly wingless female 

 occupies, still lower, a branch of hawthorn supporting also the cocoon, which 

 she employs as a bed for the reception of her eggs. 



MOTHS AS IDLERS. 



OTHS have been arranged under two general 

 divisions : crepuscular, or those that are seen 

 on wing at twilight j and nocturnal, or night- 

 fliers ; the latter comprising by far the largest 

 number. The twilight family consists chiefly 

 of hawk-moths or sphinxes; the former appellative being 



