DRINKER-MOTH. 203 



mus sterilis, the meadow grasses, Sec. It survives 

 the winter in a kind of torpid condition, and changes 

 into the pupal state in June or July, the moth 

 appearing in about three weeks. It is plentiful in 

 most parts of England, particularly in marshy situa- 

 tions, to which it seems to he partial. It occurs 

 much less frequently in Scotland. 



LAPPET-MOTH. 



Gastropacha Quercifolia. 

 PLATE XVIII. Fig. 3. 



Phal. Bomb. Quercifolia, Linn. ; Don. vii. PI. 332 Lappit- 

 moth, Wilkes, PI. 57 ; Harris" 1 Aurel. PI. 43. Gastropacha 

 Quercifolia, Ochsen. ; Steph. ; Curtis' B. E. i. PI. 24. 



THE generic name* refers to the appearance of the 

 abdomen, which is very large in the females. As 

 a genus, Gastropacha possesses strongly marked 

 characters by which it is readily discriminated from 

 all the other groups included in the family of the 

 Bombycidae. All the wings are strongly dentated, 

 and when the insect is in a state of repose, the 

 anterior edge of the upper pair projects considerably 

 beyond the upper, giving an oval form to the out- 

 line, bearing a good deal of resemblance to a withered 



* From ryatffrtg the lelh/, and r;vf thick. 



