Bromsgrove, Worcester, Scarborough, Leicester, Lewes, 

 Huddersfield, Halton, Winchester, Birkenhead, Brighton, 

 Falmouth, Arundel,Maidstone, Ripon, Wakefield, Bristol, 

 Lancaster, Ben Nevis, Burton-on-Trent, Darlington, Cam- 

 bridge, Dorchester, Lower Guiting, Epping, Wavendon, 

 Exeter, Stowmarket, Teignmouth, Preston. 



The situations where it is found are by hedges in lanes. 



The perfect insect appears in February and March. 



The caterpillar is bluish-black, with transverse rows of 

 three spots on each segment, a yellowish- white line on 

 each side above the feet, and two rows of yellowish-red 

 raised spots on the back. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May 

 and June. They reside together in large companies 

 under a common web, from which they go out to feed 

 at night. They should be taken with the web to be 

 reared easily and successfully. 



The caterpillar feeds on the whitethorn, the blackthorn, 

 &c. It not unfrequently remains till the second year, or 

 even longer, in the chrysalis state. 



BOMBYX NETJSTRTA. 

 LACKEY. 



Plate XIII. Figure 6. 



THIS insect measures from a little under one inch and 

 a quarter to rather more than one inch and a half in 

 width. 



Male: fore wings pale yellowish-red, more or less dark 

 or light, with a cross bar, narrowed in the middle, of a 

 darker colour, bordered with dark lines more or less 



