olisiocampa] LASIOCAMPIDAE 



ous-yellowish to reddish-ochreous-brown ; lines reddish-ochrcous- 

 brown, in dark specimens edged outwardly with pale yellowish 

 suffusion, first somewhat curved, indented beneath costa, second 

 subsinuate, indented in middle ; 

 sometimes a dark praesubterminal 

 suffusion. Hindwings brown or 

 reddish-brown; sometimes an indis- 

 tinct pale yellowish median line. 



Kent, Suffolk, York, in salt 

 marshes, local ; Europe, NW. and 

 WC. Asia to Turkestan; 7, 8. 

 Larva bluish -grey, sides ochreous- 

 marked ; subdorsal line broad, 

 orange-brown, black-marked ; lateral 

 orange-brown, black-marked, some- 

 times interrupted ; hairs brownish- 

 orange : on Artemisia, Daucus, Plan- 



taao etc ' 5 6 Neuration of Clisiocampa nciistrUx. 



2. C. neustria, L. 28-38 mm. Forewings whitish-ochreous, 

 often brownish -sprinkled, or wholly light red-brown; lines 

 brown, first hardly curved, second hardly sinuate, in dark 

 specimens externally edged with whitish-ochreous. Hindwings 

 from whitish-ochreous to light red-brown. 



England to York, common ; Europe, N. and W. Asia ; 7, 8. 

 Larva reddish-orange above, on sides grey-blue, black-speck led ; 

 dorsal line white, black-edged ; subdorsal black, blue-speckled ; 

 supraspiracular and subspiracular waved, orange ; black lateral 

 spots on 3, 4, and 12 ; a black prominence on 12 ; hairs brown ; 

 head grey-blue, black-marked : on apple, hawthorn, blackthorn, 

 etc. ; 5, 6. Formerly sometimes injurious in orchards, but now 

 less plentiful. 



4. Odonestis, Germ. 



Palpi rather long. Forewings : 6 and 7 connate or stalked, 

 9 to apex. Hindwings : 6 from angle, 7 from beyond middle 

 of cell, 8 connected with 7 near origin by oblique bar, two or 

 three pscudoneuria present. 



A limited genus, chiefly Indo-Malayan and Australian, but 

 ranging into Europe and Africa. Larva with long tufts on 2 

 and 12. 



1. 0. potatoria, L. 46-63 mm. Forewings ochreous-yellow- 

 ish, in <J deeper and suffused with brown, especially towards 

 costa ; two silvery-white dark-edged discal spots transversely 



