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ODONESTIS POTATORIA. (Frontispiece.) Drinker Moth. 

 In this species, the male is reddish-brown, the anterior 

 wings having a patch of ochre-yellow at the base, and the 

 disc slightly suffused with that colour ; a rust-coloured line 

 extends from the tip to the inner edge ; there is also a faint 

 line near the base, and another towards the hinder margin ; 

 on the disc are two white spots, one of them stained with 

 yellow ; the inferior wings are unspotted, but there is an 

 indistinct transverse streak on each darker than the surface ; 

 the female is of a pale ochre-yellow, sometimes nearly white. 

 The caterpillar has two long conical tufts, and on each side 

 a series of black velvety spots, followed by a line of yellow, 

 and, beneath these, tufts of white hairs. Like many of the 

 tribe, it rolls itself into a ring when alarmed ; it feeds on a 

 variety of grasses, and is plentiful in many situations. 



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LEPIDOPTERA. HEPIALID^E. 



cossus. 



Generic Distinctions. Antenna short, and pectinated in the 

 inner edge; palpi distinct, and three-jointed; wings, upper pair 

 much larger than the under. 



Cossus LIGNIPERDA. (Plate XIII.) Goat Moth. The 



