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ARCTIA HEBE. 
sometimes wanting, at other times replaced by a 
mere point ; 2d, one in which the bands and spots 
of the under wings are bordered with yellow ; and, 
3dly, one haying more black than red in the under 
wings ; but this is of rare occurrence. 
The caterpillar is black, with tubercles of the 
same colour, each of them bearing pretty long 
hairs, which are grey on the back, greyish-yellow 
on the sides, and deep red near the belly. It feeds 
on a great variety of common plants, such as 
dandelion, millefoil, &c. It passes the winter un- 
changed, its metamorphoses taking place about the 
beginning of May in the following year. The co- 
coon is white and soft, but rather densely woven ; 
the chrysalis black. 
The Hebe moth (so called from h£jj, youth , , on 
account of its beauty) is not rare in many parts of 
the continent of Europe, but is most plentiful in 
the south. In France it is common in the vicinity 
of the Mediterranean, becomes rarer in the central 
provinces, and is confined to particular localities in 
the neighbourhood of Paris. 
