ZEUZERA JESCULI. 



WOOD LEOPARD-MOTH. 



Plate VII. Figure 2. 



THIS plain and yet beautifully-marked fly, which de- 

 rives its name from its spotted appearance, measures 

 across from a little over two to nearly three inches. 

 Male: front wings semi-transparent and pure white, 

 thickly spotted over with fine clear blue-black spots with 

 a tinge of green. Hind wings white, similarly marked, 

 but the spots much fainter in colour. The thorax, which 

 is also white, has six large blue-black spots, three on 

 each side, in a row, the body ringed with bands of 

 bluish black. The spots in the female are less bright 

 than in the male. She is of very much larger size, the 

 superior measurements given above belonging to her. 



Localities for this species are York, Bromsgrove, Hyde 

 Park, St. James's Park, and other parts near London, 

 Cambridge, Exeter, Lewes, Blandford, Birmingham, &c. 



The date of the appearance of the perfect insect is 

 in July. 



The caterpillar is pale yellow, with a "good few" 

 shining black spots, slightly raised. The head has two 

 black spots, and the first segment behind it is also black, 

 as is likewise the tail one, so to call it. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 October, and thence on, I believe, till April or May. 



It feeds on the wood of a variety of trees, the elm 

 chiefly, but also the apple, pear, lime, birch, beech, 

 walnut, horse-chesnut, ash, and hazel. 



