ODENESTIS POTATOKIA. 



DRINKER. 

 Plate XV. Figure 2. 



THIS insect measures from two inches to two inches 

 and a half or nearly three inches across. 



Male : fore wings dull brownish-red, with a dark line 

 running slantwise from the outer corner to the lower 

 margin, with more or less of dull yellowish or a paler 

 shade of red along its outside and from its base to the 

 inner corner, in some specimens there is another line 

 across the wing within, also a yellowish-white spot near 

 but above the middle, with (in some individuals) a pale 

 mark spread from it outwards, and a spot or speck of the 

 same above it, near the upper edge. Hind wings dull 

 brownish-red. The antenna? are beautifully pectinated. 



Female: fore wings dull yellow, paler or deeper in 

 different specimens, with a rather small yellowish-white 

 spot in the centre, and sometimes another between it and 

 the upper margin, also a darker line slantwise from the 

 outer corner to the lower margin, and in some specimens 

 another across near the inner corner. Hind wings dull 

 yellow, with a darker line across them. 



This species is subject to very considerable variety. 



Localities for this species, which is a very common one 

 throughout the country, are Charmouth, N offer ton, Wicken 

 Fen, Faversham, Sheppy, Bisterne, Barnstaple, Bolton, 

 Glasgow. 



The perfect insect appears in July and August. 



The caterpillar is rather dark dull bluish-grey, much 

 freckled with two rows of orange dots on each side below 

 the back, a yellowish line on each side, with short tufts of 

 white hair above the feet, and slanting yellowish-orange 

 streaks on the sides. 



