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inch. The fore-wings are of a bright ochreous- brown, 

 with a white streak along the costa, and another along 

 the inner margin. 



The larva is greyish-brown above, ochreous at the 

 sides ; the dorsal and subdorsal lines are reddish-brown ; 

 the head is also reddish-brown. It feeds on juniper in 

 May and June, constructing a considerable web in which 

 it lives concealed. 



The perfect insect appears in July and August, and 

 may often be beaten out of juniper-bushes in the 

 localities where it occurs. 



FAMILY VII. (ECOPHORID.E. 

 DASYCERA SULPHURELLA. 



Common throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland, 

 but very scarce in continental Europe. 



The expansion of the wings is rather more than i 

 inch. The fore-wings are brownish, dusted with yellow, 

 and with two yellow streaks from the base ; beyond the 

 middle of the inner margin is a triangular pale yellow 

 spot, and a smaller similar spot lies beyond it on the 

 costa ; the hind-wings are pale yellow, with the tip 

 brownish. 



The elongate larva is greyish-brown, with the head 

 and second segment reddish-brown ; the spots are 

 blackish. It feeds on decayed wood in the winter and 

 early spring. 



The perfect insect appears at the end of April and 

 beginning of May, and may often be observed flying of 

 its own accord in the early morning ; we may sometimes 

 find it at rest on palings. 



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