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The caterpillars, fig. 233 a, are very noticeable from their peculiar 

 tufts and bunches of hair. It is quite parti-coloured a mixture of 

 brown, grey, pink, yellow, &c. The head is black, and behind the 

 head two very long feathered bristles project, after the manner of 

 antennae ; the segments are brightened with red spots, hairy bristles 

 project from the segments, and four conspicuous yellow tufts spring 

 from the dorsal surface. 



The pupa, fig. 233 b, is very stout, swollen in the middle, shining 

 dark-brown, hairy, and enclosed in a small cocoon within the balls of 

 leaves. 



The male moth, fig. 233 c, which flies in the day, is of varying 



Fig. 233. Orgyia antiqua (Common Fapourer Moth), 

 a, larva; b, pupa; c, male; </, female. (Photo by A. Flatters.) 



shades of brown or chestnut, and with a white half-moon-shaped spot 

 near the lower outer edge of the fore wing. The antennaB are short 

 and pectinated. 



The female, fig. 233 d, is almost wingless, having short abortive 

 wings, and of a uniform grey colour. 



Dicranura (Cerura) vinula, Linn. (Puss Moth). 



The caterpillars of this moth are sometimes very injurious to willow 

 and poplar. I once found them eating hazel in Cheshire, and reared 

 several moths from the caterpillars. I have had them reported from 

 several places in the east coast of Scotland, and the reported injuries 

 coincide with the following account from Miss Ormerod : 



"In 1885 especially, I had notes from Mr J. Low, forester on the 



