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stripe along its back. The moth measures between 

 three and four inches across the fore wings, which are 

 pale brown mottled with whitish, and marked with 

 short, irregular, wavy, transverse lines. The hind wings 

 are of a pale smoky colour, with similar but indistinct 

 markings. The thorax is grey, marked across with 

 darker, and the abdomen alternately ringed with brown 

 and grey. It is found, from June to September, in the 

 same places as the wood leopard. 



The Figure of 8 Moth (Biloha caerulocephala). 

 The larva of this moth, called the ' Bluehead,' feeds on 

 the leaves of the plum, apple, &c. It is about two inches 

 long when full fed, smoky green above, and yellowish- 

 green below, with a yellow interrupted dorsal stripe, 

 and a yellow stripe on each side below the spiracles ; 

 head blue, spotted with black, as are all the segments 

 of the body. They spin cocoons formed of bits of 

 bark, &c., in which they turn to reddish-brown pupae, 

 on the twigs and stems of the trees. The moth comes 

 out about September. The fore wings measure about 

 an inch and a quarter across, and are greyish-brown, 

 with two small white kidney- shaped spots in the 

 middle of each, resembling the figure 8. The hind 

 wings are brownish. The caterpillars easily drop off 

 the trees, so that shaking them over sheets and col- 

 lecting those that fair is the best method of destroying 

 them. They may also be sprayed with Paris green, &c. 



The Buff-tip Moth (Pygcera hucephala). The larva 

 of this species sometimes does serious damage to the 



