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on various trees—willows, oak, elms, &c., and as the 
larva does not change into a pupa for four years, it is 
capable of doing great damage. The moth is a large 
insect, three inches across the wings, with broad pale 
brown wings, elegantly marked with wavy lines. The 
Puss moth (Centra vinula ), derives its name from the soft 
texture of the scales, reminding one of some smooth tabby 
eat, is tolerably common, and very beautifully marked 
with delicate pencillings. The larva is a strange look¬ 
ing creature, with 
a forked tail; it 
is dark green, and 
lias a hump on the 
fourth segment. It 
feeds on willows and 
poplars, and forms 
an oval cocoon, in 
which it changes to 
a chrysalis, and ap¬ 
pears in the spring. 
V still more remark- LARVA 0F THE lobster-moth (stauropus fagi ). 
able form of larva is that of the Lobster-moth (Stauropus), 
which carries its two-forked tail elevated somewhat 
in the same way as a lobster elevates a claw. It 
feeds on beech, oak, and birch. There is only one 
species, the S. fagi , and this is scarce. The Buff-tips 
(.Pygcera bucephala) are very common and handsome 
little moths. They derive their name from the presence 
of a large buff patch at the tip of each wing. As this 
moth lies among the fallen leaves on the ground, it 
is scarcely distinguishable from a broken stick. The 
Tussocks are very beautifully coloured moths. They 
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