THE CLIFDEN NONPAREIL MOTH. 



The larva feeds on the ash-tree, the poplar, oak, 

 and elm ; and is found in Yorkshire, Kent, Suffolk, 

 and Surrey ; it changes to the pupa state in June. 

 The chrysalis is of a pale raw umber brown, and is 

 slightly covered with hairs. The perfect moth 

 emerges in July. 



The English name given to this very beautiful 

 moth, was in consequence of its having been first 

 taken at Clifden in Buckinghamshire, in the month 

 of July. It was discovered hanging against the 

 pedestal of a statue, having just emerged from the 

 chrysalis, and was in the act of drying its wings. 



It is extremely probable that this elegant butter- 

 fly was originally introduced into Britain in the 

 egg or pupa condition, among continental plants. 



It is one of the rarest, as well as the largest of 

 the British lepidoptera, and is much less uncommon 

 in Germany, and other parts of the continent, than 

 in Britain. 



