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The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is to the 

 end of May from October. 



It feeds on grasses of different kinds. 



You must be careful not to touch this caterpillar, for 

 its hairs come off on the hands, and being of a very 

 irritant character produce considerable pain, and still 

 more so on the face if immediately transferred to it. 



T.ASIOCAMPA QTJERCIFOLIA. 



LAPPET MOTH. GREAT LAPPET. 



Plate XV. Figure 3. 



THIS insect measures from about two inches and a 

 quarter to three and a quarter in expanse. 



Male: fore wings very deep brownish or blackish ches- 

 nut-red, more or less clouded with dark brown or black, 

 and with two indented black streaks for the first and 

 second line, a row of black dots for the third line, and a 

 black central spot a little above the centre. Hind wings 

 also deep blackish chesnut-red, but darker, and nearly 

 black across the centre. 



Localities for this species are Wick en Fen, Ely, Cam- 

 bridge, Kingsbury, Exeter, Hertford, Worcester, Epping, 

 Driffield, Winchester, Lymington, Maidstone, Stow market, 

 Arundel, Peterborough, Sudbury. 



The perfect insect appears at the end of June and in July. 



The caterpillar is dark grey, or dull reddish-brown, with 

 deep blue beneath the second, third, and fourth segments, 

 and a pale whitish stripe more or less distinct along the sides. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May 

 and to June. 



It feeds on the plum, the pear, the whitethorn, the 

 blackthorn, the apple, the willow, the dwarf willow, c. 



