THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



OF 



BRITISH INSECTS. 



PLATE CCLIIL 



PHALiENA PAVONIA, minor, fern. 



Emperor Moth, female. 



The male of this fine fpecies of Phal^na has been given in the 

 firft Number of this Work, with a promife that the female fhould 

 be added in a future Plate. The larva and pupa is reprefented with 

 the male lnfe6l ; but we have alfo introduced other caterpillars of 

 the fame fpecies with the annexed figure, to fhew the different 

 ftages of their growth. When young they are yellowifh : the tuber- 

 cles black, with a (tripe of the fame on the fegments of the joints. 

 After this, the yellow bands become orange, and the tranfverfe black 

 ftripes appear interrupted with longitudinal bands of pale green. Some 

 are entirely green, except the tubercles, which are yellow, and a fmall 

 black fpeck on each joint ; and others are green, chequered with 

 black, and marked on the fide with a row of femilunar fpots. In 



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