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THE KENTISH GLORY. 
thorax and abdomen ore likewise very pUpse. The 
male of E. versicolor measures about tivo inches 
four lines across the wings, but the female some- 
times exceeds three inches. In the fonner the 
coloui' of the upper wings is rusty-red inclining to 
grey, each of them with tivo transverse black bands, 
the anterior one bordered internally with white, and 
the other, which is angulated tow'ards the inner 
margin, bordered noth the same colour on the outer 
side. Tlie space between these bands is irregularly 
marked with white, and at the exti-emity of the 
discoidal cell there is a black crescent with the 
convexity turned towards the body. Towards the 
hinder margin there is a series of imequal white 
spots, the three upper ones largest and transparent, 
and each nervure is marked with a white streak 
w’hich is a little dilated at the margin. The hinder 
wings are taivny yellow, traversed by a wnved dusky 
line in the middle, and marked with a small crescent 
and a few white spots posteriorly. The body and 
base of the wings are very thickly covered with 
long yellowish-brown hair ; the anterior pait of the 
thorax w’hite. The antennas and tarsi are black. 
The mai'ldngs in the female are similar, but the 
colour is much lighter, the under wings and abdomen 
being almost entirely of a dull wiiite. 
The caterpillar bears some resemblance to those 
of certEun Sphingidm, both in its form and attitudes. 
It is somewhat attenuated in front, and has a py- 
ramidal elevation on that part of the anal segment 
which is occupied by a horn in the kinds just refen'cd 
