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The Lackey (Bombyx neustria) derives its name from the colour 
of the caterpillar, which has longitudinal lines of various colours 
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Fig. 231.—Attacus (Bombyx) Atlas. 
anda blue head. These caterpillars live together on a great number 
of our forest and garden trees, to which they do much damage. The 

Fig. 232.—The Lackey (Bombyx neustria). . 
moth (Fig. 282) has a brownish body, and wings of a more or less 
tawny yellow colour, with two darker lines on the front wings. 
The Procession Moth (Bombyx processionea) is a small greyish 
moth, the caterpillars of which live in numerous troops on oak 
