Localities for this species are Scarborough, Black Park, 

 Wavendon, Dover, Manchester, the New Forest, Epping, 

 Ramsgate, Halton, Lymington, Dorchester, Bristol, &c. 



The perfect insect appears in July. 



The caterpillar is blackish grey, with a double indented 

 line of yellow, spotted with scarlet along each side of the 

 back, and a black spot on the second, seventh, and last 

 segments. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is from 

 May to June. 



It feeds on the lichens which appertain to the oak, 

 the beech, and other trees. 



LITHOSIA UUBRICOLLIS. 

 Plate X. Figure 1. 



THIS insect measures from a little over an inch, to 

 rather more than an inch and a quarter in width. Male : 

 fore wings dull black. Hind wings also dull black. The 

 tail is yellow; the thorax has a belt of orange yellow 

 over it in front. 



Localities for this species are York, Londesborough, 

 Guisborough, Swinhope, Cambridge, Canterbury, Durs- 

 ley, Brighton, West Wickham, Blandford, Wavendon, 

 Black Park, Epping, Exeter, Lewes, Box Hill, Bisterne, 

 Barnstaple, Gloucester, Peterborough, Stow Wood, Hal- 

 ton, Lymington, Manchester, Thornhill, Dumfries, 

 Dorking, Carlisle, Lower Guiting, Plymouth, Stowmar- 

 ket, Winchester, Worthing, Lympstone. 



The situations where it is found are fir plantations. 



The perfect insect appears in June. 



