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the wing, and hovering round the young apples on a 

 midsummer evening. (Eat. Mag. i., p. 146.) 



Our specimens did not appear in the winged state 

 until July, in the following year ; and Reaumur says 

 that his specimens assumed the perfect state on the 

 15th of August, having heen only a month from the 

 time of their quitting the apples. The chrysalis 

 (a, magnified, after the escape of the insect,) is of 

 a pale brown, with the dorsal surface of the abdominal 

 segments armed with two transverse rows of fine teeth, 

 like those of the chrysalis of the rose-moth, which 

 are employed in extricating itself from the cocoon. 



The moth itself (e, of the natural size ; and /, 

 magnified) is a very beautiful insect, about three- 

 quarters of an inch in expanse, of which the following 

 is the description : — Anterior wings ashy-brown, with 

 very numerous, rather obscure, darker, transverse 

 streaks, united into a broadish fascia towards the 

 base ; on the anul angle is a large blind subocellated 

 spot, of which the margins are of a coppery or reddish 

 golden colour : posterior wings black, darkish at the 

 apex. {Stephens, loc. cit., p. 119.) By whom it is 

 -rated that it is not very abundant, but is found in 

 gardens within the metropolitan district occasionally, 

 m some plenty. About three years previously he 

 found several in his garden : and in 1834 it was again 

 in plenty. 



