2 54 Lloyd's natural histop.y. 



Gastropacha processionea, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 



280 (1810). . 

 Ctiethocampa processt'onea, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 



p. 47, note (1828); Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 



133, pl. 24, figs. 7, 'ja-b (1880). 

 This species is common in many parts of Europe, but is 

 not found in the British Isles. It expands from i to i^^ 

 inch. 



It has light brown antennae, an ashy-grey head and thorax, 

 and a brownish abdomen with a blackish-brown anal tuft! 

 The fore-wings are ashy-grey, clouded with darker. At the 

 base is a blackish-grey waved transverse line, then comes 

 another nearly straight, and a third, which is somewhat waved, 

 approaches the second at the inner margin. Between these 

 two lines is often a blackish spot. The hind-wings are whitish 

 with a faint blackish-grey transverse stripe, which is some-' 

 times broader at the anal angle. The fringes are chequered 

 with dark and light grey. 



The eggs are yellowish-white, with a blackish central dot, 

 and are covered by the female with the anal hairs. 



The larva is covered with whitish-grey hair, bluish-black on 

 the back and whitish on the sides, with two tubercles on each 

 segment, bearing reddish-yellow or pale grey hairs. It feeds 

 on oak from May till the beginning of July. 



I'he pupa is ochre-yellow, with two short terminal points, > 

 and is enclosed in a firm reddish-brown cocoon, in which the 

 hairs of the larva are interwoven. 



The Moth usually emerges in about four or five weeks, but 

 may remain in pupa till the following year. 



GENUS GLUPHISIA. 

 Gluphisia, Boisduval, Ind. Meth. p. 56 (1829); id. Gen. Ind. 

 Meth. p. 88 (1840); Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. 

 V. p. 1037 (1855). 



