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similar instance since that time. In the Plates of Roesel, vol. 4 aFigure of the Caterpillar is given, but without either Pupa or Moth,so that were it not for the reference and authority of Linnæus , andsince his time, of Fabricius, it would scarcely be known to whatInsets it belonged. The eggs we have not found either figured otdescribed, though they are so very singularly united together, ancWould certainly have been noticed by the ingenious Roesel if he hadmet with them.

The Antennae of the female are setaceous, or like a bristle, butthat part of the male is both singular and beautiful; it is elegantlyfeathered next the base. and terminates in a bristle, like the female.