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ORGYIA V-NIGRA. 



DARK V. 

 Plate XIII. Figure 1. 



THIS insect measures from a little over one inch and 

 a half to a little more than two inches across. 



Male : fore wings delicate white, with a slender black 

 V beyond the middle near the upper margin. Hind 

 wings delicate white. 



A locality for this species is Sole-Street House, near 

 Faversham, Kent, where one was taken by my school- 

 fellow, Henry Hilton, Esq., now Rector of Milstead, near 

 Sittingbourne. This specimen was brought back by him 

 to Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire, among others he 

 had taken in the midsummer holidays, being quite ig- 

 norant at the time of its value. It was for some time 

 in my collection, and is now in the cabinet of Mr. 

 Abraham Edmunds of Worcester, who had it from me. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is black on the back, reddish-yellow 

 on the sides, and with eight tufts of hair on the back, 

 two white, three reddish yellow, and two white. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. 



It feeds on the oak, the lime, and the beech. 



DEMAS CORYLI. 



NUT-TREE TUSSO.CK. 



Plate XIII. Figure 2. 



THIS insect measures from a little under to a little 

 over an inch and a quarter. 



