72 THE CLIFDEN NONPAREIL MOTH. 
The larva feeds on the ash-tree, the poplar, oak, 
and elm ; and is found in Yorkshire, Kent, Suffolk, 
and Surrey ; it changes to the pupa state in June. 
The chrysalis is of a pale raw umber brown, and is 
slightly covered with hairs. The perfect moth 
emerges in July. 
The English name given to this very beautiful 
moth, was in consequence of its haying been first 
taken at Clifden in Buckinghamshire, in the month 
of July. It was discovered hanging against the 
pedestal of a statue, having just emerged from the 
chrysalis, and was in the act of drying its wings. 
It is extremely probable that this elegant butter- 
fly was originally introduced into Britain in the 
egg or pupa condition, among continental plants. 
It is one of the rarest, as well as the largest of 
the British lepidoptera, and is much less uncommon 
in Germany, and other parts of the continent, than 
in Britain, 
