portion, followed by rich fulvous-yellow which merges in 

 a broad border of a paler shade of the former colour. 



Female : fore wings brownish-yellow, darker on the 

 inner half, and with a large white spot more or less bor- 

 dered with black near the middle towards the upper 

 edge, followed by a pale line which shades off into an 

 intermediate colour. Hind wings fulvous-red on the 

 inner portion, fulvous on the outer. 



Localities for this species, which is common, are York, 

 Charmouth, NafFerton, Chichester, Plymouth, Falmouth, 

 Isle of Wight, Faversham, Canterbury, Newhaven, West 

 Looe, Bisterne, Barnstaple, Ipswich, Ashbourne, South- 

 port, Carlisle, Arran, Dunoon, Killarney, &c. 



The perfect insect appears in July and August. 



The caterpillar is black, covered with greenish-grey 

 hairs, with a white stripe along the sides, and a red spot 

 surrounded with white over it on the third and fourth 

 segments. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is from 

 September to May. 



It feeds on the oak, the whitethorn, &c. 



The male flies very fast in a headlong zigzag manner, 

 and is difficult to capture on the wing. 



N.B. The hairs of the caterpillar are of a very irritant 

 character and sting the hands, and these often again the 

 face, if touched with them. 



\* Bombyx callunee. I have given a figure of the 

 Moths described under this name, it being doubtful 

 whether it is a distinct species, or a permanent variety 

 of the preceding one. 



