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BEITISH MOTHS. 



The 



on the second, third, and fourth segments, 

 are larger and longer than the rest ; and 

 there is a conspicuous hump on the twelfth 

 segment ; between the second and third seg- 

 ments, and also between the third and fourth, 

 there is a broad transverse stripe of ex- 

 quisitely-beautiful purple. It feeds on the 

 blackthorn and willow, and spins a long 

 coarse blackish cocoon among the lower twigs, 

 and often amongst grass close to the ground : 

 in this it changes to a black smooth chrysalis. 

 The Moth appears in June (The scientific 

 name is Lasiocampa quercifolia.) 



100. The Small Lappet (Lasiocampa ilicifolia). 



100. THE SMALL LAPPET. Fore wings 

 reddish-brown at the base, grey towards the 

 hind margin ; in the middle of the wing is 



also a grey space, and in this is a dark spot j 

 on each side of this grey space is a transverse 

 dark dotted line ; hind wings smoky-grey 

 with a central broad transverse bar, and also 

 the base, of a delicate pale pearly-grey ; the 

 hind margin of all the wings is regularly 

 scalloped, and the hind wings, when the Moth 

 is at rest, project in front of the fore wings ; 

 tne head, thorax, and body, are grey-brown. 

 Although this insect appears to be common 

 in some parts of England, feeding on the 

 leaves of the whortleberry, I have never yet 

 had the opportunity of seeing it, and there- 

 fore copy Hubner's description, as translated 

 in Mr. Stainton's " Manual." I ought, how- 

 ever, to premise that this description closely 

 corresponds with that of Lasiocampa betuli- 

 folia, as described in Berge's " Butterfly Book." 

 "Caterpillar grey with reddish hairs; a 

 broad, black, dorsal line, interrupted on each 

 segment by a reddish spot and a white stripe 

 on each side of it ; a broad, bluish lateral 

 stripe." " Manual," vol. L, p. 158. The Moth 

 appears in April and May. (The scientific 

 name is Lasiocampa ilkifolia.) 



181 The Kentish Glory (Male) (Endromis versicolor). 



