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severe that they can be readily traced ; others are amongst 

 the smallest of all lepidopterous larvae, difficult to find and 

 still more difficult to classify. In the first-named category 

 must be classed the Buff-Tip Moth (Pygcera buce-phala). 

 The Moth is so well known that with the illustration given 

 no description is necessary. The caterpillar is of a dull 

 yellowish colour, elegantly transversely banded with 

 orange, and also having some blackish lines. On account of 



Buff-tip Moth (Male), Pupa and Larva. 



their large size the caterpillars soon do a lot of mischief. 

 These may be shaken from the trees on to sticky paper 

 arranged beneath; or their food-plant may be readily 

 poisoned. 



Other large-sized caterpillars that are equally objection- 

 able are those of the Gold-Tail Moth (Liparis aurifttia), 

 a somewhat general feeder, but particularly partial to 

 Rosaceous plants. As may be judged from the illustration, 

 it is a striking insect, and in colour a combination of 

 black, red, and white, with large tufts of whitish hairs 

 proceeding from the middle row of tubercles. It is double- 



