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PUSS-.MOTII. 
what less. Tlie anterior brings are greyish white (f lie 
latter colour predominating in the male), somewhat 
naked and diaphanous, especially towards the tip, 
the nervures strongly marked and of a yellowish- 
hroivn. The costa is spotted with black ; near the 
base are two transrerse approximating rows of 
similar spots, beyond this a waved dusky band, fol- 
lowed by two other rows of spots, rather indistinctly 
marked : near the centre there is a series of arcuate 
streaks extending in an oblique line across the 
iving, the anterior one being largest and darkest, 
and the space beyond is occupied ivith two dusky 
zigzag lines, the hinder margin haring a longitudinal 
dusky streak between each nerimro. The hinder 
rrings are ashy-brown, whitish round the edge, 
especially in the male, having an obscure crescent on 
the disk and a few daik spots on the posterior 
margin. The thorax and abdomen are ashy-white, 
the former with a few scattered black spots, the latter 
with bhock marks at the base of tlie segments. Tlie 
region of the eyes is deep black, and the tarsi are 
likeirise of that colom- and prettily ringed with 
white. 
The caterpillar of this insect is one of the most 
remarkable found in this country, and its form and 
attitudes are so grotesque tliat it seldom fails to 
attract the notice even of the most indifferent ob- 
servers. When at rest, it holds its large and 
singular looking head somewhat elevated and drami 
back upon the anterior segments of the body, after 
the manner of a Sphinx caterpillar, and the double 
