tio Lloyd's natural historV". 



The larva hibernates when young, and is full-grown in !NTay 

 and June. It feeds on various trees, such as sloe, rose, and 

 willow. It is ashy-grey or light brown, with broad, dark blue, 

 bands on the incisions between the second and fourth segments, 

 and a tufted elevation on the penultimate segment. On the 

 sides, above the legs, is a row of warts, bearing tufts of long hairs, 

 and there are two brown tubercles on each segment. The 

 pupa is dark brown, and is enclosed in a dense, oval, dark grey 

 cocoon, dusted with white, giving the pupa within a bluish 

 appearance. 



The curious position of the moth in repose will be seen in 

 our woodcut. The moth is not very rare in England, but is 

 seldom really common. 



GENUS LASIOCAMPA. 



Bomhyx, pt. I>inn?eus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.), i., p. 496 (i 758) ; Bois- 

 duval, Ind. Meth. p. 48 (1829); id. Gen. Ind. ISIeth , p. 69 

 (1840). 



Lasiocampa^ Schrank, Fauna Boica, ii. (2), pp. 147, 154 (1802) ; 

 Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 2>'^ (1828); Walker, 

 List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus., vi. p. 1427 (1855). 



Lasiocanipa includes rather large moths, with strongly pecti- 

 nated antennae in the males, and short palpi. The abdomen 

 is moderately stout, and hardly extends beyond the hind-wings. 

 The wings are moderately long, and not dentated, the hind 

 margin of the fore-wings is but slightly oblique, and the hind- 

 wings are not much shorter than the fore-wings. The hind tibice 

 are armed with two small apical spurs. 



As mentioned under Bouibycidce^ Boisduval and some later 

 writers have misapplied the name Bo;nbyx, which properly 

 belongs to the silkworm, to this genus. The name Lasiocanipa 

 means " hairy larva." 



