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tents of v'hicli it pours on the case of the cocoon, 
and its solvent power soon loosens the cohesion of 
the particles and renders egress easy. The insect 
is not unfrequent, at least in the larva state, hoth 
throughout England and the south of Scotland. 
The food of the caterpillar consists of the leaves of 
the Willow and Poplar. 
THE KEiMTlSH GLORY. 
ETidromis versicolor. 
PLATE XVI. Fig. 3, Female. 
Phal. Bom. Versicolor, Linn. ; Don. v. PI. 158 ; Entomotogical 
Transactions, i. 323, PI. 9. — Glory of Kent, Wilkes, PI. 89. 
—Kentish Glory, Harris. 
The above name was conferred on this genus by 
Ochscnheimer, by whom it was first established, in 
consequence of the head of the only species it con- 
tains being garnished with long hairs somewhat 
after the manner of an ancient casque. One of its 
most remarkable characters is having the antennae 
bipectinated in both sexes as far as the tip, a pecu- 
liarity which distinguishes it from all the preceding 
genera. Tlie wings are large, entire at the edges, 
and somewhat diaphanous ; the fringe so short as 
to be scarcely perceptible. The head is densely 
clothed with long hairs which project forwards ; the 
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