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LIPARIDiE. 
JJPARIS CHRYSORRHiEA. 
BROWN TAIL. 
Plate XL Figure 8. 
This insect measures from an inch and a quarter to 
one inch and three quarters in expanse. 
Male: fore wings pure snow-white, with usually a 
blackish speck towards the lower corner, more or less 
indistinct. Hind wings pure white, head white, thorax 
white, body white, the tail-tuft golden brown. 
Female: fore wings pure white, with sometimes a faint 
indication of the black spot. Hind wings pure white. 
Localities for this species are Lytham, Epping, Teign- 
mouth, Lewes, Lymington, Tenterden, Ramsgate, Stow- 
market, Black Park, Chesham, Deal, Dorking, Newhaven, 
Bisterne, Bristol, Norwich, Canterbury, &c. 
The perfect insect appears at the end of July and 
beginning of August. 
The caterpillar is black with reddish hairs, a white 
streak on each side of the back, interrupted with red 
on each segment, and a red line above the legs. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
May and June. 
The caterpillar feeds on the oak, the elm, the black¬ 
thorn, and the whitethorn. 
