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tain, carrot, &c, Pupa dark-coloured. Rare. Essex, Kent, and 
Devonshire. 
Tux Lackey (Cl. Neustria, Curtis) appears in July and 
August. Wings of the male one inch one-fourth to one-half, 
female one inch one-half to five-sixths; grey, with a darker 
central band, and pale terminal streak on both sides. Cater- 
pillar, gregarious, yellow, with three red lines on the sides, and 
‘a white one on the back; feeds on oak, hazel, sloe, and fruit 
trees. Pupa brown. Very abundant in the south. 
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EUTRICHA (STEPHENS). 
Tue Pine Lappe (ELutricha Pini, SrerneNs) appears in July. 
Wings of the male two inches seven-twelfths to five-sixths, 
female three inches one-half to two thirds; greyish; first pair, 
with a large triangular white spot before the middle, then an 
indistinct pale ash-coloured band; beyond the middle a rusty- 
brown band, margined on each side with grey ; second pair 
deeper grey and spotless. Caterpillar, variegated with white, 
grey, and brown, with bluish rings and red spots on the sides ; 
feeds on various species of pine. Pupa brown. Rare. Norfolk, 
and Surrey. 
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ODONESTIS (GrerMAR). 
Tue Drinker Morn (Odonestis potatoria, GERMAR) appears 
in July. Wings of the male two inches one-third to one-half, 
female two inches two-thirds to three inches; grey, sprinkled 
with yellow, with two dusky-brown streaks, and a spot and 
crescent white. gg large, flat, and bluish white. Caterpillar, 
dusky-brown, sides spotted with white; feeds on different spe- 
cies of grass, and lives through the winter. Pupa brown. Very 
common in lanes and hedge roads. 
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’ GASTROPACHA, (OcHSENHEIMER), 
Tur Lappe (Gastropacha Quercifolia, OCHSENHEIMER) ap- 
pears in May. Wings of the male two inches one-fourth to five- 
sixths, female three inches one-sixth to one-third; dingy red, 
indented; first pair with three slanting wavy streaks, and a 
minute central dingy spot; second pair spotless. Caterpillar, 
dingy brown, with blue bands ; feeds on white thorn, willow 
rose, &c. Pupa brown, with red bands. Rather scarce. Herts, 
Essex, Surrey, and Lincoln, 
Tux Inex-LEaF (G. Ilicifolia, OcuSENHEIMER); and 
Tur Pornar-LEar (G. Populifolia, OCcHSENHEIMER). Said to 
be British on doubtful authority. 
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ARCTIIDA® (LEACH). 
HYPOGYMNA (HusNeER). F 
Tne Girssy (Hypogymna Dispar, HuBner) appears in Au- 
gust. Wings of the male one inch one-half to two inches one~ 
