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STAUROPUS FAGI. 



LOBSTER MOTH. 



Plate XXXVII. Figure 1. 



Localities for this rather rare species, which derives 

 its name from a supposed resemblance of the caterpillar 

 to the shell-fish so called, are Worcester, Hammersmith, 

 Lewes, Newnham, West Wickham, West Looe, Sherwood 

 Forest, Blandford, Black Park, Epping,Sevenoaks,Cowes, 

 Exeter, Lyndhurst, Arundel, Halton, Plymouth, Henley- 

 on-Thames, Dursley, Bristol. 



The situations where it is found are woods. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July, the middle 

 of the former month and the beginning of the latter. 



The caterpillar is reddish brown, with two protuberances 

 on the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and ninth segments; 

 the two hind segments carried erect, and each bearing 

 a short tail. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 August and September. 



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



PETASIA CASSINEA. 

 THE SPRAWLER. 



Plate XXXVII. Figure 2. 



Localities for this species are York, Doncaster, Carlisle, 

 Tenterden, Brighton, Rannock, Lewisham, Black Park, 

 Sidmouth, Darlington, Epping, Marlow, Dumfries, Exeter, 



