T H E 
TIGER MOT H. 
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Generic Character. 
Antenna or Horns fetaceous, dccrcafing in iizc 
from the bafe to the point. 
Wings, when at reft, gencncrally deflected. 
'Flight moilly nodturnal. 
Specific Character, &c. 
PIIAL/ENA with the upper wings crcam- 
coloured, fpotted with brown; the lower 
wings red, fpotted with black. 
The Great Tiger Moth. 
Merian. inf. Eur. t. 5. 
Alhin. inf. t. 20. 
Degeer. inf 1. /. 12. f. 8. 9. 
Sc ha. 4. p. 63. t. 52. Jig. f. 1—4. 
Sepp. inf. 4. t. 9. f. 2. 
The Larva or Caterpillar of this beautiful Moth is 
of a polyphagous nature; feeding indiscriminately 
on grafs, plantain, and a variety of other vegetables. 
It commonly changes to a chryfalis in June, envelop¬ 
ing itfelf in a web of a flight texture. The Moth 
appears in July and Augull. 
