DREPANA. 75 



The larva feeds on oak and birch in May and June. It is 

 reddish-brown on the sides, with Hghter and darker stripes 

 and spots, and the back is unequally suffused with yellow. 

 The yellow portion is spotted with brownish, especially on the 

 anterior segments. On the fourth segment is a brown fleshy 

 prominence, which is divided into two obtuse points, and at 

 the end of the body is a reddish-brown tail. 



The pupa, which is dusted with blue, is formed in a cocoon 

 between leaves. 



A very rare moth in England, which has only been found 

 near Bristol. 



GENUS DREPANA. 



Drepa7iay Schrank, Fauna Boica, ii. (2), p. 155 (1802). 

 Cilix, Leach, Edinb. Encycl., ix., p. 134 (1815); Stephens, 

 111. Brit. Ent. Haust., iv., p. 8 (1834). 



This genus differs from the other European genera of the 

 family in the fore-wings being rounded, instead of being 

 pointed or hooked at the tip. The type is a common and 

 well-known insect in Europe and Western Asia, and is also 

 said to occur in North America. Other species are found in 

 India, China, and Madagascar (?). 



THE CHINESE CHARACTER. DREPANA GT.AUCATA. 



PhalcEHa glancafa, Scopoli, Ent. Carn., p. 221, no. 549 



(1764)'. 

 Attacus huffily Linnceus, Syst. Nat. (ed. xii.), i. (2), Ai)p., 



p. 1068, no. 13 (1767). 

 Bombyx spinula^ Denis & Schiffermiiller, Syst. Verz. 



Schmett. Wien. p. 6.}, no. 6 (1776) ; Hiibncr, Eur 



Schmett., iii., fig. 40 (i8co). 



