GOAT-MOm. 
I So 
many from its large size, livid liue, and disagreeable 
smell, several authors are of opinion that it is the 
Cossits of Pliny, and consequently the worm regarded 
by the Romans as a delicious article of food. It 
may also be mentioned, that it is remarkable as 
having been the subject of a most elaborate and ac- 
curate anatomical examination by the celebrated 
Lyonet, the results of which were published under 
the title of Traite Anaiomiqm de la Chenille du 
Saule, a work that has advanced our acquaintance 
v\-ith the internal structure of insects more than any 
other that could be named. 
WOOD LEOPARD-MOTH. 
Zeuzera JEscvli. 
PLATE XV. Fig. 1. 
Latretlle^ Stephens' lUics. — Phal. Noct. .^sculi, Linn. ; Dono- 
van, V. PI. T52.— .Cossua .ffisculi, Fahr. — Wood Leopard- 
moth, Harris. 
This genus was first established by Latreille, who 
gives as its distinguishing characters the setaceous 
form of the antennae, which are not so long as the 
thorax, and pectinated at the base in the males, 
while in the female they are simple, with the base 
tomentose. The palpi are obsolete, the abdomen 
long and attenuated, and the tibiae without spius or 
spines. The beautiful species represented on the 
