DENDROLIMUS. il? 



Gastropacha pini\ Ochsenheimcr, Sclmiett. Kur., iii., p. 251 

 (1810?); Hcrrich-Schaffer, Schmctt. Eur., ii , p. 104. 

 no. 10, fig. 25 (1844). 



Odoncstis pi?u\ Curtis, Brit. Ent., i., pi. 7 (1824). 



Eutricha pini, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii., p. 50 (1828). 



Lasioca/fipa pi?ii, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 129, 

 pi. 2^, figs. 3 a-c(i88o). 



The Pine Lappet is found throughout the greater part of 

 Europe and Northern Asia. It expands about two inches and 

 a half. 



The antennce are brown, whitish at the base, and strongly 

 pectinated in the male. The head and thorax are coloured 

 like the fore-wings, and the abdomen like the hind-wings. 



The wings are slightly denticulated. The fore-wings 

 are brown, dusted \vith light grey. At the base a rust- 

 coloured spot, and in the middle a small white spot, usually 

 triangular in shape. There is a broad rust-coloured transverse 

 band, running parallel with the hind margin, and bounded by 

 dark brown zig-zag lines, of which frequently only the outer one 

 is distinctly defined. The hind-wings are of a uniform rust- 

 colour. The under side is greyish-brown, sometimes with dark 

 transverse bands. Numerous varieties occur, and hardly any 

 two specimens are exactly alike. 



The larva, which is in some years very destructive on the 

 Continent, feeds on fir and pine. It hybernates in various 

 stages of growth under moss, and is full-grown at the beginning 

 of July. 



It is usually silvery or ashy grey on the back, with red 

 hairs and brown diamond-shaped spots. On the sides is an 

 interrupted brown stripe. On the third and fourth segments 

 is a dark blue, transversely i)laced stripe, and on the last an 

 obtuse tuft. The sides are set with long hairs arranged in tufts. 



