CLISIOCAMPA. 123 



The larva is found in the autumn, and after hibernating 

 continues to feed till the June of the following year on oak, 

 willow, hawthorn, broom, birch, and various other trees and 

 shrubs. It is yellowish, covered with greyish-brown hairs, with 

 black incisions, and a white macular band on the sides. There 

 is also an interrupted row of white spots on the back, and a 

 pale yellow mark on the front of the head. 



Like the perfect insect, the larva is subject to considerable 

 variation. The pupa is brown, with lighter incisions, and 

 blackish wing-cases, and is contained in a brownish-grey 

 cocoon. 



The male moth flies by day with great rapidity, over heaths 

 and in woods, but may easily be lured within reach by the 

 presence of a female newly emerged from the pupa. 



The Fox Moth {AtacrotJiylacia rul'i, Linn.) has shorter and 

 redder wings than Lasiocampa quercus^ with two white trans- 

 verse lines on the fore-wings. The larva, which feeds on heath 

 and bramble, is black, with golden-brown hair. The hairs are 

 very brittle, and the broken ends, if accidentally transferred 

 to the eyes, have been known to cause blindness from 

 irritation 



GENUS CLISIOCAMTA. 



Clisiocaiupa^ Curtis, Brit. Ent. v., pi. 229 (1828); Stc])hcns, 

 III. Brit. Ent. Ilaust. ii., p. 48 (1828); Walker, List 

 Lepid. Ins. Ikit. Mus. vi., [). 1485 (1855 ) 



Clisiocauipa includes rather small species, with short palpi, 

 and less strongly pectinated antennae than Lasiocampa. The 

 wings are entire, and are longer and narrower than in Lasiocampa^ 

 the hind margin of the fore-wings being more oblique, and 

 there is no white discoidal spot. The moths lay their eggs in a 

 bracelet round the twigs of the tree on which the larvae are 



