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The caterpillar, which seems to be a general 
feeder, is yellowish-green, with dark-bromi spots 
and lines on various parts of the body* Tlie moth, 
which is prized for its beauty as well as its congener 
T. hatis, is much more common than that species, 
being frequently found in most parts of England, 
near woods and in shady lanes. It becomes scarce 
in the north, but has been taken near York and in 
Northumberland. July and August are the periods 
of its flight. 
THE HERALD-MOTH. 
Scolioptcryx Lihatrix* 
PLATE XXIV. Fig. 1. 
Phal. Bomb. Libatrix, Linn.; Don. vi. PI. 216. — Bomb. Li- 
batrus, Furbelow-moth, Haivorth. — Herald-moth, Harns.— 
Calj^ptra Libatrix, Ocksen, Steph. 
This beautiful moth occurs in gi'cat profusion in 
the more southern parts of England, but becomes 
rarer as we advance northwards, and cannot be said 
to be common in any quarter of Scotland. It fre- 
quents places where willows and poplars grow, it 
being upon these trees that the larvaa feed. It 
first appears in July, and is likewise found plenti- 
fully in October, whence Aurelians have called it 
