distinct. In some, the space between these lines is no 

 darker than the remainder of the wings. Hind wings the 

 same. 



Female: fore wings rather paler rusty-red. Hind 

 wings the same. 



Localities for this species, which is very plentiful in all 

 the south of England, are York, Falmouth, Doncaster, &c. 



The situations where it is found are, for the most part, 

 orchards and gardens. 



The perfect' insect appears in July and August. 



The caterpillar is -of a clear bluish-grey colour, with 

 dark -brown and golden-brown hairs, a white line on the 

 back, and an orange-red streak along the sides intersected 

 by a black and blue stripe, and followed by a silvery-blue 

 one spotted with black on the third, fourth, and twelfth 

 segments. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 May and June. 



It feeds on the apple, the pear, &c. 



BOMBY.X CASTRENSIS. 



GROUND LACKEY. 

 Plate XIV. Figure I. 



THIS insect measures from rather under one inch and a 

 quarter to rather more than one inch and a half or nearly 

 one inch and three quarters in width. 



Male: fore wings pale yellowish- red, with two streaks 

 or bars across of reddish-brown, and in many specimens 

 a brownish band beyond the second. Hind wings pale 

 yellowish-buff, thorax dull yellow, body dull yellowish 

 brown. 



