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referred to is yellow, with a broad dark-coloured 

 stripe along each side, and two reddish tubercular 

 spots on the back of each segment ; head, anal seg- 

 ment, and legs purplish-red ; each segment with a 

 series of setose spines. We are informed by Abbot 

 that this moth is called in America the Buck-fly, 

 from an erroneous vulgar notion that bucks breed 

 its caterpillar in their heads and blow them out of 

 their nostrils. This opinion originated from the fly 

 coming out in the rutting season, while the bucks 

 are pursuing the does. The hunters therefore take 

 notice of the insect, in order to know the proper 

 season for their sport, which is later in Georgia 

 than in Virginia, as is the appearance of these flies. 

 They are much the most plentiful in the last men- 

 tioned country. One of the caterpillars in Virginia 

 went into the ground the 1st July, and came out 

 20th October. In Georgia the same species buried 

 itself June 14th, and the fly did not appear till 

 December 8th, after which other individuals kept 

 coming out from time to time till February 16th. 

 The male appears by day, and flies very swiftly, 

 mounting and descending. The caterpillar stings 

 very sharply : when small, the whole brood feed 

 together, but they disperse as they grow large. 



