MOTHS OF THE LIMBERLOST 



certainly has kingly qualities to justify the appella- 

 tion. The colouring is all gray, black, brown, white and 

 yellow, and the combinations are most artistic. It is a 

 relative of Lineata. It flies and feeds by day, has nearly 

 the same length of hfe, and is much the same in shape. 



The head is small and sharp, eyes very much larger than 

 Lineata, and tongue nearly four inches in length. The 

 antennae are not clubbed, but long and hairlike. It has 

 the broad shoulders, the long wings, and the same shape 

 of abdomen. The wings, front and back are so mottled, 

 lined, and touched with gray, black, brown and white, as 

 to be almost past definite description. The back wings 

 have the black and white markings more clearly defined. 

 The head meets the thorax with a black band. The back 

 is covered with long, gray down, and joins the abdomen 

 with a band of black about a quarter of an inch wide, 

 and then a white one of equal width. The abdomen 

 is the gaudiest part of the moth. In general it is a 

 soft gray. It is crossed by five narrow white lines the 

 length of the abdomen, and a narrow black one down the 

 middle. Along each side runs a band of white. On this 

 are placed four large yellow spots each circled by a band 

 of black that joins the black band of the spot next to it. 

 The legs and under side of the abdomen, and wings are a 

 light gray-tan, with the wing markings showing faintly, and 

 the abdomen below is decorated with two small black dots. 



My first Celeus, a very large and beautiful one, was 



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