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pillar is green, with numerous white points, and two white 

 rays on the sides; the horn is long, acute, and straight, 

 yellowish at the tip, and blue at the base ; it is found on the 

 Galium, or bedstraw. This curious and pretty insect is of 

 frequent occurrence, and may be seen darting about in the 

 day-time, from flower to flower, poising itself like a hum- 

 ming-bird over the blossoms, and extracting the juices with 

 its long spiral proboscis ; while thus suspended, the vibra- 

 tion of the wings is so rapid as to occasion a humming noise. 



LEPIDOPTEKA. BOMBYCID^E. 

 LASIOCAMPA. 



Generic Distinctions. Antennae bipectinated in the male, and 

 merely serrated in the other sex ; mandibles and trunk wanting ; 

 palpi short and hairy ; wings entire ; body tufted in the male. 



LASIOCAMPA QUERCUS. Oak Egger-Moth. Colour deep 

 chestnut-brown in the male, rather paler in the female ; with 

 a yellowish band running across all the wings, and shading 

 off towards the margin into the ground-colour; on each 

 side of the anterior wings is a small white spot. The cater- 

 pillar is yellowish, with greyish-brown hairs, and a white 



