COLLECTION OF ARTICULATED ANIMALS. 



4o), the last only of which is indigenous; the 

 b. pythio-campa (n os 78 to 81), the b. quercifdia 

 (n 98) ; and other species (n 09 52 to 71) whose 

 colours are disposed in stripes or chequers, and 

 of which a section has been made under the 

 name of scaly (i). 



The moths (phalence], properly so called, have 

 been collectively designated by the name geo- 

 metrce, in consequence of the manner in which 

 their caterpillars crawl. A great number of spe- 

 cies have angular* or denticulated wings ; such 

 as the sambucaria (n 100), alniaria (nio3), sf- 

 ringaria (n 1 1 1). 



Amongst the noctuce, the agrippina (n i ) is the 

 largest species known ; it measures more than 

 ten inches between the tips of the extended 

 wings. We may also notice the odora (n2), 

 bubo (n c 3) and crepuscularis (n4). Several large 

 species have the under wings red or blue with 

 black stripes ; as they are very pretty, they have 

 received endearing names, such as nupta (n 28) i 

 electa (n 3o) , sponsa (n 3 1 ). In these three spe- 

 cies the ground colour of the wings is red, but 



(i) The caterpillars of the b. processioned, Lin., are very remarkable; 

 they live gregarious under a tent. When they wish to remove from 

 one tree to another they proceed in a regular triangle ; one of them 

 keeping at the head of the column, two coming next, then three, until 

 the column has attained a certain size, the whole band following their 

 leader in all his windings on the way. 



