DEINKER-MOTn. 
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nius sterilis, the meadow grasses, &c. It survives 
the rvinter in a kind of torpid condition, and changes 
into the pupal state in June or July, the moth 
appearing in about three weeks. It is plentiful in 
most parts of England, particularly in marshy situa- 
tions, to which it seems to be partial. It occurs 
much less frequently in Scotland. 
LAPPET-MOTH. 
Gastropacka Quercifolia. 
PLATE XVIII. Fig. 3. 
Phal. Bomb. Quercifolia, Linn. ; Don. vii. PI. 332.— Lappit- 
moth, Wilkes^ PI. 57 ; llanis' Aurel. PI. 43.— Gastropacha 
Quercifolia, Odtsen. ; Steph, ; Curtis' B. E. i. PI. 24. 
The generic name* refers to the appearance of the 
abdomen, wliich is very large in the females. As 
a genus, Gastropacha possesses strongly marked 
characters by which it is readily discriminated from 
all the other groups included in the family of the 
Bomhycidaj. All the ■\vings are strongly dentated, 
and when the insect is in a state of repose, the 
anterior edge of the upper pair projects considerably 
beyond the upper, gi^dng an oval form to the out- 
line, bearing a good deal of resemblance to a withered 
■* From yaart^ the helly, and thick. 
