TIIE 
PERSIMON MOTH. 
Generic Character. 
Antennae setaceous, decreasing in size from base 
to point. 
Wings (when at rest) generally deflected. Flight 
chiefly nocturrfaL 
Specific Character, &c. 
MOTH with deflected grey-brown wings, with 
yellow spots and fulvous nerves : the lower 
wings and body fulvous. 
The PERSIMON MOTH. 
Abbot's American Insects, p. 121. pi. 6l. 
The caterpillar of this highly-elegant insect lias 
long ago been figured with sufficient, accuracy by 
Catesby and others, but the Moth seems to have 
been first figured in the work of Cramer. For the 
complete knowledge of the insect in all its states 
we are indebted to the laudable industry of Mr. 
Abbot, whose researches on the Transatlantic In¬ 
sects, assisted by the learned and accurate annota¬ 
tions of Dr. Smith, president of the Limucan Society 
of 
