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THE LARGE SWORD-GRASS MOTH 
Another moderately winged moth, called the Pale Tussock-moth, was also chosen for 
an illustration. This name the insect derives from its color and the tufts of hair that decorate 
the body of the caterpillar 
like tussocks of grass upon a 
field. The caterpillar goes by 
the popular name of the Hop- 
dog. The color of the Pale 
Tussock-moth is light brown- 
ish-gray, the fore wings being 
diversified with several 
marks of blackish-brown, 
the shape and dimensions 
of which may be seen by 
reference to the engraving. The hinder wings are much paler, and the band is dark brown. 
The Hera, our next example, belongs to a genus which is known in Europe by the 
beautiful Dominula, or Scarlet Tiger-moth, with its rich green and scarlet wings. In the 
present instance, the fore wings are cream-colored with broad markings that look at first sight 
as if they were black, but when viewed in a good light are seen to be of the deepest imaginable 
green with a velvety lustre. The hinder wings are rich crimson scarlet, decorated with three 
or four black spots. This species is found in several parts of Europe. 
PALE TUSSOCK-MOTH . — Dasychira pudibunda. Male, cocoon, caterpillar. 
(Everything of natural size.) 
The Sting-moth is a native of Hew South Wales, and the caterpillar feeds on the leaf of 
the stringy bark-tree. About the month of February it changes into the pupal state, and 
resides for some time in a curious kind of habitation. Just before it throws off the last larval 
skin, the caterpillar weaves a small and close cocoon or case, of an egg-like shape, which it 
suspends to the stem of a leaf, and therein awaits its final change. 
The color of the moth is simple, but rather pretty. The fore wings are chestnut, edged 
with green and white, and the hinder wings are bluish-gray, edged with yellow and marked 
with green, yellow and brown. 
The family of the Lithosiidse is represented in Europe by several moths, of which the 
Cinnabar-moth ( Callimorpha jacobcea) is perhaps the best known, on account of its 
vermilion and scarlet wings of precisely the same color on both sides. The Isse, which, like 
the Heliconia, is a native of Brazil and the neighboring countries, has the upper wings black, 
beautifully diversified by some red longitudinal stripes at the base, succeeded by two broad 
yellow patches. Hear the edge there are some white spots. The hinder wings are red, veined 
with black and bordered with a broad black band on which are some red spots. 
We now come to the large family of the Hoctuidse, containing a very great number of 
species, many of which so closely resemble each other that to distinguish them is not a very 
easy matter. 
The delicately colored Peach-Blossom Moth derives its name from the colors upon the 
wings, which closely resemble the soft pink upon the peach blossom. Although spread over 
the 'northern parts of Europe, it does not appear to be very plentiful, and does not assemble 
near one spot, as is the case with many rare and local moths. The caterpillar is easily known 
on account of a large hump that projects just behind the head, the summit of which is cleft 
into two bands, and also by the series of triangular elevations along the back upon which runs 
a pale zigzag line. The color of this larva is originally dark brown, but it sometimes assumes 
a paler hue. It may be found sparingly upon the common bramble about May. The fore 
wings of the Peach-Blossom Moth are soft brown, with a few waved lines running nearly 
parallel with the edges, and having five spots of delicate pink. The hinder wings are simple 
grayish-yellow, with a single waved line running across the middle. 
The Large Sword- grass Moth derives its generic name from the handsome appearance 
of the caterpillar, the word calocampa being derived from two Greek words, the former signi- 
fying beautiful, and the latter a grub. The larva may be found in summer and autumn upon 
