[13] [14] [15] _Noctua lambda_, _Noctua gamma_, _Noctua chi._--So
named from the spots on their wings resembling these Greek
characters. The caterpillars of the Noctua gamma, in 1735,
infected the whole of France, and devoured the productions of
the kitchen gardens. The common people supposed them to be
poisonous, and consequently the use of herbs in making soups
was forbidden.

[16] _Noctua gothica._

[17] _Noctua typica._

[18] _Pyralis genus._--The Tabby is often found in the tea chests in
the East India warehouses, where it commits great ravages. It
never is met with, however, in a chest that is not cracked,
thereby proving its English origin.

[19] _Noctua nigra._--Black rustic. _Noctua laevis._--Grey rustic.
_Noctua obsoletissima._--Brown rustic. _Noctua phaea._--Feathered
rustic. _Noctua tinea._--Flounced rustic.

[20] _Notodonta camelina._--The singular name of Coxcomb Prominent,
was given to this moth from the crest on its thorax, which
resembles that of a cock. The specific name was bestowed in
consequence of two lobes on its upper wings, which it raises
when at rest.

[21] _Zeuzera aesculus._--The caterpillar feeds on the wood of apple
trees, but the moth is often found in great abundance in St.
James's Park; sixty were gathered there in one morning, but the
greater number had been half devoured by the birds.

[22] _Cossus ligniperda._--The caterpillar lives in the interior of
trees, and has, according to Lyonet, 4041 muscles. It is three
years before the insect attains its perfect state. The
caterpillar emits a smell much resembling that of musk, and Ray
and Linnaeus both supposed it to be the Cossus mentioned by Pliny,
as fattened with flour by the Roman epicures for their tables.
Later writers have, however, for many reasons, ascribed this to
the larva of the stag beetle.

[23] _Notodonta dromedarius._--This Notodonta is called Dromedary,
from having two crests, similar to humps, on its thorax.

[24] _Sphinx elpenor._--The caterpillars of the Elephant feed on the
plant called Ladies' Bedstraw, (_Galium palustre_), from which
they are often shaken by the wind into the water. When this
happens, they dexterously turn themselves on their backs, m