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may be seen in the conspicuous caterpillar of the 
Lappet-moth, which is further deserving of notice 
under tliis head, from being provided ivith a lateral 
series of fleshy lobes, hanging one from each segment 
and giiing the creature the appearance of having 
twenty feet. It is from these appendages bearing 
some resemblance to lappets that the moth has 
obtained its English name. The larva of the 
Twin-spotted underwing (Miselia himaculosa), of 
the Coxcomb ( Lophopteryx Camelma ), and some 
others, have the penultimate segment armed with a 
pair of short horns ; and that of a geometer-moth, 
named the Lilac-beauty (Pericallia syrinffaria), 
has two long recurved ones on the back of the eighth 
segment. Others of these siuveyors have a variety 
of dorsal prominences, which contribute greatly to 
increase the remarkable resemblance many of them 
bear to a withered tndg, by representing the knots 
and other projections of the wood. The curiously 
formed caterpillar which produces one of the most 
lovely of our native moths, named, from the rosy 
spots on its upper wings, the Peach-blossom ( Thya- 
tira Baits J, bears a large tubercle near the head, 
divided at the top into two short horns. A still 
more remarkable projection is found in a prettily 
marked caterpillar occasionally met with in gardens 
throughout the country. It is an obtuse fleshy 
pyramid rising from the back of the fourth segment, 
of a black colour, fringed nith hairs, and incapable 
of motion ; the moth named the Dagger C Acronycta 
Psi J originates from this larva. Several have the 
