198 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



Antennae strongly pectinated in the male, which is slender- 

 bodied, and flies by day; slightly pectinated in the female, 

 which is much larger and stouter than the male, and has a 

 large tuft at the extremity of the abdomen ; it rests on hedges 

 or tree-trunks by day. The basal joint of the palpi is small, 

 and the third joint obtuse. 



There is but one European species ; but several allied 

 species are found in India, Japan, c. 



THE GIPSY MOTH. PORTHETRIA DISPAR. 



Bombyx dispar, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i. p. 501, no. 27 



(1758); Esper, Schmett. iii. p. 197, Taf. 38 (1785); 



Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iii. figs. 75, 76, 263 (1800?); 



Godart, Le'pid. France, iv. p. 256, pi. 25, figs, i, 2 (1822). 

 Liparis dispar, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 195 (i8io) 

 Hypogymna dispar, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 56 



(1828); Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. iii. pi. 37, fig. 6 



(1889); Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl. ii. p. 303, pi. 79, figs. 



2, 2a-e (1894). 

 Ocneria dispar, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. no, pi. 



25, fig. 2, *-*(i879). 

 Porthetria dispar, Kirby, Cat. Lepid. Heter. i. p. 475 (1892). 



The Gipsy Moth has a wide range, extending throughout 

 Europe as well as Northern and Western Asia. It expands 

 from \y 2 to 2^/2 inches, the male being much smaller than 

 the female. 



The male is generally dark brown or smoky-black, though 

 the colour varies considerably and light greyish-brown speci- 

 mens may sometimes be met with. The hind-wings are some 

 what lighter than the fore-wings, with a dark margin. The 

 female is greyish-white with black antennae. In both sexes 

 the fore-wings are crossed by dark zig-zag transverse lines, and 



