of London, have lately appeared with such superior 
splendour. Mr. Abbot informs us that the cater¬ 
pillar (which is popularly known by the title of the 
Horned Devil) feeds principally on the leaves of the 
Persimon and the Hiccory, and that it changes into 
a chrysalis in the month of June, (first enveloping 
itselt in an oval web,) the moth appearing in the 
month ot July. Dr. Smith, in his annotations, has 
very judiciously added, that in point of general ha¬ 
bit this moth is evidently allied to the European 
species called the Ghost-Moth (Phalama Humuli 
Lin.) The plate represents the animal in its seve¬ 
ral changes, aud in its natural size^ 
