LIPAEID.2E. 



LIPAR1S CHRYSORRH.l.A. 

 BROWX TAIL. 



Plate XI. Figure 8. 



THIS insect measures from an inch and a quarter to 

 one inch and three quarters in expanse. 



Male: fore wings pure snow-white, with usually a 

 blackish speck towards the lower corner, more or less 

 indistinct. Hind wings pure white, head white, thorax 

 white, body white, the tail-tuft golden brown. 



Female: fore wings pure white, with sometimes a faint 

 indication of the black spot. Hind wings p*ure white. 



Localities for this species are Lytham, Epping, Teign- 

 mouth, Lewes, Lymington, Tenterden, Ramsgate, Stow- 

 market, Black Park, Chesham, Deal, Dorking, Newhaven, 

 Bisterne, Bristol, Norwich, Canterbury, &c. 



The perfect insect appears at the end of July and 

 beginning of August. 



The caterpillar is black with reddish hairs, a white 

 streak on each side of the back, interrupted with red 

 on each segment, and a red line above the legs. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 May and June. 



The caterpillar feeds on the oak, the elm, the black- 

 thorn, and the whitethorn. 



