DASYCHIRA. 



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Dasychira pudihimda^ Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 59 

 (1828); Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 109, pi. 24, 

 figs. 5, t?-^ (1879) ; Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Eepid. iii. pi. 

 38, fig. 2 (1889); Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl. ii. p. 316, pi. 

 81, figs. 2, 2«-<?(i894). 



The Pale Tussock is common in most parts of Europe. It 

 expands from i^ to 2^ inches. 



The antennae are brownish-yellow, finely dentated in the 

 female. The fore-wings are whitish-grey, lightly dusted with 

 blackish, and shaded with a dark brown central lunule and 

 three waved transverse lines of the same colour. The hind- 

 wings are whitish, with an indistinct dark grey central spot and 

 a similar spot at the anal angle. 



The Pale Tussock. 



The female is larger than the male, with paler fore-wings, 

 fewer markings, and not so heavily dusted with darker colour. 

 The hind -wings are whiter, with the spots less distinct. 



The larva is hairy, greenish yellow, with velvety-black in* 

 cisions, and four yellow tufts of hair on the back, and a single 

 rose-coloured one on the last segment. 



The colour of the hair varies from rosy to reddish-brown. 



It feeds on oak, beech, hazel, birch, lime, willow, poplar, 

 walnut, and all kinds of fruit-trees. In hop-gardens it is called 

 the IIop-Dog. 



