44 BL ATS crx: 
Our fpecimen was taken in the vicinity of Oak-of-Honor Hill, 
Surry. ‘The Caterpillar was met with when it was ready to fpin its 
web, in which ftate it is reprefented; its {pinning was formed be- 
tween the folds of a leaf in the month of O&ober, the Moth came 
forth in May. 
The Moth in the upper part of the plate is a {mall {pecimen of 
the female ; it differs very little from the male, except that the an- 
tennz of the latter is much feathered, as is fhewn on the back of 
the leaf. 
The fpecies is more plentiful on the continent of Europe, and 
a variety of it is a native of fome parts of North America. 
A Colleétor of Infe&s in London met with a brood of this fpecies 
Jaft September, in the Caterpillar ftate, containing more than twenty ; 
fome were covered with a milk-white down, others inclining to grey, 
but in general they were like the {pecimen given in our plate. They 
changed their appearance frequently, and fome were much larger 
than the reft. “The Moths alfo differ very much both in fize and 
colour ; fome are dingy, others have the chocolate colour much dif- 
fufed ; and in general, when the Infe&t is perfect, it is beautifully 
yaried with a pale bloom of a purple hue. 
