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at the ti|) of the fore-wings, the liind margin being obHque ; 

 the sexes are very dissimilar. The moth is thickly clothed 

 with down, and the palpi are very short, and concealed under 

 the long projecting hair of the head. The males fly with great 

 rapidity in the day-time, but the females, like those of many 

 other moths of similar habits, are very sluggish. The larva 

 much resembles that of a S/>////ix, and is provided with a horn 

 on the penultimate segment. 



There is but one British species, which is local rather than 

 rare. The moth is widely distributed in Europe, and is found 

 as far north as Lapland. 



There is a large Australian moth {^Chdepteryx co/Iesi, Gray) 

 which somewhat resembles Endromis in markings, and which 

 some authors have supposed to be allied to it ; but the tufted 

 larva proves it to belong to the Lasiocampidcc. 



THE KENTISH GLORY. ENDROMIS VERSICOLOR. 

 i^Plate CXI., Fig. a^— Female) 



Bonibyx versicolora, Linnceus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.), i., p. 499, 

 no. 17 (1758); Sulzer, Gesch. Ins., Taf. 21, fig. 4 (1775); 

 Esper, Schmett.,iii., p. 115, Taf. 23 (1785) ; Hiibner, Eur. 

 Schmett., iii., figs, i, 2 (1800) ; Godart, Lepid. France, 

 iv., p. 149, pi. 14, figs. I, 2 (1822). 



Bombyx versicolor, Linnaeus, Faun. Suec, p. 294 (1761). 



Endromis versicolora^ Ochsenhcimer, Schmett. Eur., iii., p. 16 

 (1810); Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust., ii., p. 34 (1828); 

 Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 125, pi. 27, 

 figs. I, a-c (i88o) ; Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid., iii., 

 p. 60, pi. 51, figs. 3,3 a, b (1889); Barrett, Lepid. Brit. 

 Isl., iii., p. 50, pi. 96, figs. 2, 2 a-c (1895). 

 The Kentish Glory is found throughout Europe and 



Noithern Asia. The male measures about two inches and a 



