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tents of which it pours on the case of the cocoon, 

 and its solvent ^ wer soon loosens the cohesion or 

 the particles and renders egress easy. The insect 

 is not unfrequent, at least in the larva state, both 

 throughout England and the south of Scotland. 

 The food of the caterpillar consists of the leaves of 

 the Willow and Poplar. 



THE KENTISH GLORY. 



Endromit versicolor. 

 PLATE XVI. Fig. 3, Female. 



Phal. Bom. Versicolor, Linn. ; Don. v. PL 158 ; Entomological 

 Transactions, i. 323, PL 9_Glory of Kent, Wilkes, Pi'. 89. 

 Kentish Glory, Harris. 



THE above name was conferred on this genus by 

 Ochsenheimer, by whom it was first established, in 

 consequence of the head of the only species it con- 

 ains being garnished with long hairs somewhat 

 after the manner of an ancient casque. One of its 

 most remarkable characters is having the antennae 

 dpectinated in both sexes as far as the tip, a pecu- 

 iarity which distinguishes it from all the preceding 

 ;enera. The wings are large, entire at the edges, 

 and somewhat diaphanous ; the fringe so short as 

 o be scarcely perceptible. The head is densely 

 Jothed with long hairs which project forwards ; the 



