Ls 
THE PEBBLE PROMINENT MOTH. 101 
in its forms, which will be better understood by the 
following figure :— 
The head is dark brown; the body of a delicate 
rose colour, each segment being traversed by a 
longitudinal pale yellowish band; and the four next 
the perpendicular tail have punctated pink dots ; 
the tail segments are of a deep crimson, very wide 
and open at the termination, with three golden 
yellow spots at the extreme edge, and a circular 
dot of the same colour near the body; the feet 
are brown. It feeds upon the willow early in 
June, and changes to the pupa state in the same 
month ; it is ef a dark brown colour, and it lies 
in this condition within a fine brownish web, which 
it spins between two leaves. The perfect moth 
comes forth in August. 
The Pebble Prominent Moth inhabits Yorkshire. 
Kent, Swrey, and Norfolk; and in Ireland, near 
Dublin. 
