THE 



NATURAL HISTORY 



or 



BRITISH INSECTS. 



PLATE CCLIII. 



PHAL£NA PAVONIA, minor, fern. 

 Emperor Moth, female. 



THE male of this fine fpecies of Phalasna has been given in the 

 firft number of this Work, with a promife that the female Ihould 

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

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

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

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

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

 After this, the yellow bands become orange, and thetranfverfe 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, checquered with 



♦ black, 



