56 MOTHS 



PLATE XXIX 



THE CREAM-SPOTTED TIGER (3 and 4) 



This is not nearly such a common insect as 

 the "garden tiger." But at the same time it is 

 a good deal commoner than it seems, for it is 

 such a sluggish creature that it very seldom 

 flies, and the consequence is that one hardly ever 

 sees it. It does not vary very much in colour, 

 for the front wings are always black, with eight 

 large creamy-white spots, and the hind-wings 

 are orange-yellow, with six or seven small black 

 spots, and a big black patch near the margin. 

 The body is black in front, with a white blotch 

 on each side, and orange-red behind with a row 

 of black spots down the middle; so the insect 

 is really a very handsome one indeed. 



The caterpillar of this moth is quite as woolly 

 as that of the " garden tiger." It is almost black 

 in colour, with a red head and red legs, while 

 the long hairs which cover its body are brown. 

 It feeds upon chickweed in September,, and 

 again in April and May, and then spins a silken 

 web, in which it turns to a chrysalis. The moth 

 makes its appearance about the end of June. 



