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birch, willow, hawthorn, and several species of fruit-trees. It may- 

 be found feeding in the trunks, branches, or twigs. It is said to 

 live from two to three years in the larval stage. 



The larva is about 11- to 2 inches in length, yellowish-white colour. 

 Head rather small, blackish-brown ; second segment has a broad dorsal 

 plate. Each segment of the body has black spots, so that the entire 

 larva has a spotted appearance. 



The moth, fig. 203, is very handsome. The ground colour of the 

 wings is white, semi-transparent, with many large blue-black spots. 

 Antennae black; abdomen grey or blackish. 



Fijr. 203.— Zeuzera :.-seiili (J.ropunJ Mnth). 



The expanse of Avings is about 21 or 2^ inches in the female, but 

 the male is rather smaller. 



It appears on the wing from the end of June to the beginning of 

 August. 



Mr A. Gallic, liingwood, Somerley, sent me a sample of damage 

 done to young trees by the larva?, wdiich bore into the stems, and then 

 they snap off. 



Orgyia axtiqua, Linn. (Common Yapourer Moth). 



This is a moth which may be almost termed a universal feeder, in- 

 asmuch as the larvae may be found on almost every tree and shrub, I 

 have, however, not found it so numerically strong as to be considered 

 a serious pest, though I found it very abundant in iJelamere Forest, 

 Cheshire, June 1895. 



