THE CINNAriAR MOTE. 



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iMoTn {Callimorpha Jacobece), which is represented on Woodcut 

 XLVI. Fig. 1. It is an example of the family Euchelida;, in 

 which the antennae are slender and without any fringe. The 

 caterpillar spins a slight web, in which its hairs are scattered, 

 and the jiuj^a is small. The name Euchelidse is formed from 

 two Grreek words, signifying Beautiful Caterpillar, and is given 

 to the genus because the larvaj are all very beautifully coloured. 

 To me this is one of the most familiar British Moths, being 



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. 1. Callimorpha Jacobese. 2. Deiopeia piilchella. 3. Gastropacha qiiercifolia. 

 a. Callimorpha, larva. b. Deiopeia, larva. c. Gastropacha, larva. 



one of those that attracted me most as a child. At Oxford it is 

 one of the most plentiful of insects, flying about so abundantly 

 in the gardens that I always had — and still retain — a childish 

 notion that it was the blossom of a scarlet-runner gifted with 

 the power of flight. Common as it is in some places, it really is 

 scarce in others. For example, so practised an entomologist as 



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