CHAPTER X. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE MOTHS AND THEIR CATER- 

 PILLARS IN PLATE V., AND OF OTHER MOTHS 

 AND CATERPILLARS SUITABLE FOR THE VIVARIUM. 



' conspicuous, by far, among the British 

 Moth tribes are the Hawk-moths. I 

 devoted an entire Chapter to their 

 consideration, yet without being able in 

 that space to do more than give a toler- 

 ably full account of two species only, 

 with a few brief remarks on the rest of 

 the family. 



In the present Chapter, therefore, which is all 

 the space I can allot myself in this volume to speak 

 of the other families, genera, and species of British 

 Moths, it is evident that it will only .be practi- 

 cable, in addition to those represented in Plate V., 

 to select for description some half-dozen species 

 belonging to widely different families, leaving the 

 reader who desires a more intimate knowledge of 



