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Female: fore wings reddish chesnut-brown, with two 

 indistinct yellowish bands or stripes forming a bar across. 

 Hind wings reddish-brown. 



Localities for this species are Rye, St. Osyth's, the Isle 

 of Sheppy, and Erith, Kent. 



The situations where it is found are the banks of rivers, 

 and other places near the sea. 



The perfect insect appears in July and August. 



The caterpillar is of a leaden hue, but much striped; 

 one whitish line along the back, below it a broad orange- 

 brown one, followed by another of silver-grey, within 

 which are black spots on the third, fourth, fifth, and 

 twelfth segments, and covered with bright chesnut hairs. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 May and June. 



It feeds on the plantain ( Plantago lanceolata J , the 

 wild carrot ( Daucus carotaj, sea wormwood (Artemisia 

 maritimaj, &c. 



UOMBYX RUJ5I. 



FOX MOTH. 

 Plate XIV. Figure 2. 



THIS insect measures from a little over an inch and 

 three quarters to two inches and a half in width. 



Male: fore wings deep reddish-brown, with two pale 

 yellowish-brown streaks across, the space between them 

 rather darker than the remainder of the wing, as is the 

 outer margin, broadly. Hind wings deep reddish-brown. 



Female: fore wings greyish-brown, with one paler 

 streak across, on the outside of a wide bar across. Hind 

 wings greyish-brown. 



