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LASIOCAMPA ILICIFOI.IA. 

 Plate XVI. Figure 1. 



THIS insect measures from an inch and a half to 

 nearly one and three quarters across. 



Male: fore wings dull reddish-grey, with two slanting 

 lines of blackish dots across before the middle, and be- 

 yond it a whitish band towards the upper margin, the 

 fringe pale-yellowish and ferruginous. Hind wings dull 

 reddish-grey, the fringe pale-yellowish and ferruginous. 

 The antennae pectinated. 



Localities for this species are Cannock Chase and near 

 Sheffield. 



The situations where it is found are heaths and moors. 



The perfect insect appears from the end of April to 

 the middle of May. 



The caterpillar is grey, with reddish hairs, with a 

 broad line of black interrupted by a spot of red on each 

 segment along the back, between one on each side of it 

 of white, and also a broad bluish stripe along the side. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 June, July, August, and September. 



It feeds on the bilberry (Vaccinium myrtittusj, and 

 the sallow. 



ENDROMIS VERSICOLOR. 



KENTISH GLORY. 

 Plate XVI. Figure 2. 



THIS handsome and favourite insect measures from 

 about two inches and a quarter to two and nearly three 

 quarters in expanse. 



