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INSECTS AT HOME. 



The laroest luunp is tliat of the third segment, and it is 

 furnished at the top with a cleft projection. This curious 

 larva can he found on the common bramble, and is in best 

 condition about the end of August, or beginning of September, 

 when it is full-fed, and about to ' spin up.' When it finally 

 ceases to feed it spins a slight cocoon, which it fastens among 

 the leaves, changes into the pupal state, and makes its appear- 



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1. Platepteryx falciila. 



2. Psyche opaclla. 

 a. Thyatira, larva. 



3. Thyatirn hatis. 

 6. Psyche, lai'va. 



4. Diphthern Orion. 



ance as a Moth in the ensuing summer. This pretty Moth 

 used to be very plentiful about Oxford when I was collecting 

 there. It belongs to the family Trifidse. 



Next comes an example of the Bombycoidse — a Moth quite as 

 beautiful as the preceding insect, but with a different style of 

 beauty. Its scientific name is Dipldhera Orion, and its popular 

 title the S(;arce Mbkveil du Jorii. See Woodcut LIII. P'ig. 4. 



The colour of the upper wings is very remarkable. The 



