West Wickham, Bistcrnc, Sheffield, Stowmarket, Horn- 

 dean, Sidmouth, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, Car- 

 lisle, Doncaster, Plymouth, Manchester, Preston, Bristol, 

 Lymington, Teignmouth, Burton-on-Trent, Birkenhead, 

 Lower Guiting, Blandford, Cambridge, Darlington, 

 Epping. 



The perfect insect appears in November and December. 



The caterpillar is pale yellowish-grey, with a dark grey 

 band spotted with white on each segment, darker on the 

 back, on each side of which there is an interrupted line of 

 orange, and two red spots on the hinder part of the 

 second segment. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 May and June. 



It feeds on the poplar, the oak, the whitethorn, and 

 the lime. 



This species has been taken in York, coming to a light. 



EHIOGASTER LANESTRIS. 



SMALL EGGEK. 

 Plate XIII. Figure 5. 



THIS insect measures from a little over one inch and a 

 quarter to one inch and three quarters iri expanse. 



Male: fore wings rather pale-reddish chocolate-brown, 

 with a clear white spot near the inner corner, another 

 near the middle, and a pale-greyish slightly waved line 

 coming from a greyish-white spot on the upper margin, 

 between it and the outer margin. Hind wings pale 

 reddish chocolate-brown, with a faint streak through the 

 middle. 



Localities for this species, which is very plentiful in the 

 larva state where it occurs, arc York, Stamford Bridge, 

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