GHOST MOTH. 
Female. The antennss, head, thorax, 
abdomen, are in colour similar to her's; bai 
the wings are of a silver white, shiniiio- lil;e 
sattin. The fringes are yellow. ; 
The Caterpillar is hatched from a very small 
and perfe6lly round egg. It is of a dull white, 
like rice or virgin wax, when first laid, but in 
a few minutes after changes to a perfe£l black. 
The female, in laying, discharges them from 
the oviary with great force, as a pellet is di..- 
charged from a pop-gun. The Caterpilkiry 
which feeds on the roots of the burdock, is of 
a cream colour, and somewhat glossy. The 
liead is nut brown ; and, on the back, there is 
a brown shhiing mark of a hard callous sub- 
stance. It changes, in May, to a dark brcwn 
Chrysalis: and the Moth, which appeals ir 
June, flies in the dusk of the evening; play 
ing in some one particular spot, where it ho 
vers up and down a long time together, wja 
a kind of motion resembling that ot the G-na 
It particularly frequents church-yards, w^herfl 
may be found in plenty. Hence, and peAfi 
from the white appearance of the Male, iiH 
called the Ghost. Linn^eus's Phal. Ndjl 
Hnmih. 
