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be found feeding in the trunks, branches, or twigs. It is said to 

 live from two to three years in the larval stage. 



The larva is about H to 2 inches in length, yellowish-white colour. 

 Head rather small, blackish-brown ; second segment has a broad dorsal 

 plate. Each segment of the body has black spots, so that the entire 

 larva has a spotted appearance. 



The moth, fig. 232, is very handsome. The ground colour of the 

 wings is white, semi-transparent, with many large blue-black spots. 

 Antennas black ; abdomen grey or blackish. 



Fig. 232. Zeuzera iL-sculi {Leopard Moth). 



The expanse of wings is about 2| or 2f inches in the female, but 

 the male is rather smaller. 



It appears on the wing from the end of June to the beginning of 

 August. 



Mr A. Gallie, Eingwood, Somerley, sent me a sample of damage 

 done to young trees by the larvae, which bore into the stems, and then 

 they snap off. 



Ougyia antiqua, Linn. (Common Yapourer Moth). 



This is a moth which may be almost termed a universal feeder, in- 

 asmuch as the larva? may be found on almost every tree and shrub. I 

 have, however, not found it so numerically strong as to be considered 

 a serious pest, though I found it very abundant in Delamere Forest, 

 Cheshire, June 1895. 



