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CERURA BICUSPIS. 

 Plate XXXVI. Figure 7. 



Localities for this species are Stockton Forest, York, 

 Bipon, Scarborough, Goathland near Whitby, Dublin, 

 Preston, Middlesborough. 



The perfect insect appears in May, and the beginning 

 of June to the end. May 10th, 27th, June 20th. 



The caterpillar is yellowish green, with a red stripe 

 along the back, narrowed to the fourth segment, and 

 widened again to the eighth, diminishing then on to 

 the tail. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 August. 



It feeds on the beech, the alder, and the birch. 



The chrysalis is found in a hard cocoon attached to the 

 bark of trees. 



CERURA FURCULA. 



KITTEN MOTH. 

 Plate XXXVI. Figure 8. 



Localities for this species are Buttercrambe Moor near 

 York, Lewes, Lewisham; Norwood, Ashford in Kent, 

 Taunton, Ilfracombe, Worcester, Durham, Cambridge, 

 Lyndhurst, Carlisle, Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester, Stow- 

 market, Worthing, Lower Guiting, Darlington, Epping, 

 Edinburgh, Preston, Halton, Plymouth. 



