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group. The wings are of a lovely grey and 

 purple, very delicately shaded, and bearing 

 large eye-spots. The male, which I have 

 drawn, may be distinguished from the female 

 by his feather-like antennae and tawny 

 hind wings. The caterpillar is also very 

 pretty. It is bright green, sharply divided 

 into segments, each of which is marked 

 with a black and pink ring, spotted with 

 yellow, and adorned with little tufts of hair 

 and bristles. It is generally found feeding, 

 upon heather. The first time I saw it, I 

 thought I had indeed discovered a prize. 

 It forms a pear-shaped cocoon, ingeniously 

 contrived, so that a number of sharp 

 bristles meet and present their points 

 outwards. They are like the bunch of 

 spears, which the brave Swiss gathered 

 against his own breast. Any small enemy 

 from without would find it impossible to 

 penetrate this close pointed mass, yet the 

 insect within finds it yield without difficulty 

 when necessary. 



The Oak Eggar (Lasiocampa quercus), 

 Plate XVIII., Fig. 2, is prettier than one 

 would anticipate from the figure. It is of 



