À FEW WORDS ABOUT MOTHS. 229 
frame a foot in diameter; a bottle containing a parcel of 
cyanide of potassium gummed on the side, in which to kill 
the moths, which should at once be pinned in a 'cork-lined 
colleeting box carried in the coat pocket. The captures 
should be spread and dried on a grooved setting board, and 
a cabinet formed of cork-lined boxes or drawers; or as a sub- 
stitute for cork, frames with paper tightly stretched over 
them may be used, or corn, or palm-pith. Caterpillars should 
be preserved in spirits, or glycerine with a little spirits, or 
strong salt and water, while some ingeniously empty the 
skins and inflate them over a flame so that they may be 
pinned by the side of the adult. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 2. 
Fig. 1. ae. es Hübner, female; la, larva, 1b, pupa. Feeds on 
Sideronytum 
Fi E 2. Cniodnay pean Pack., male; 2a, larva; 3a, pupa. Feeds on 
mea coccin 
Fig. * Dryopteris, dd undescribed, female; 3a, larva; 35, pupa. 
Feeds on Vibur 
Fig. 4. Acontia ino tois: male; 4a, larva; 4b, pupa. Feeds on 
Hibiscus palustris. 
g. 5. Homoptera edusa EE 5a, larva; 5b, pupa. The plant on 
CAT it feeds is not na 
Fig. 6. Hyperetis, species Mat ros female; 6a, larva; 6b, pupa. Feeds 
on a species of Azalea. 
TE 7. Boarmia, species not known, female; 7b, larva; Ta, pupa. 
n Helenium. 
iz 8. Acidalia, species unknown. 8a, larva; 8b, pupa. Feeds on Tril- 
lium. 
Fig. 9. Herminia, Pocta not identified, male; 9a, larva; 9b, pupa. 
Feeds on Rhexia 
Fig. 10. Helia puedo CREE? female; 10a, larva; 105, pupa. Feeds 
on Phlox speciosa. 
Fig. 11. An unknown species of Phalenide, male; lla, larva; 115, pupa. 
is. 
Feeds on Coreops 
Fig. 12. A species of Botys, male; 12a, larva; 12b, pupa. Feeds on 
Feeds 
Ipomea. 
Fig. 13. A species of Botys, female; 13a, larva; 13b, pupa. Feeds on a 
species of ‘Crotalaria. 
