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Localities for this species, which is rather common, are 
York, Charmouth, Bradfield near Reading, Bolton, San¬ 
dal Beat near Doncaster, Uppingham, Faversham, Black 
Park, West Looe, Newark, Sudbury, &c. 
The perfect insect appears in May and June. 
The caterpillar, which is extremely beautiful, is very 
pale yellowish-green, with intense velvet-black bands on 
the back between the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth 
segments, each of which latter has a tuft of fine yellow, 
and the twelfth a red one. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
August, September, and October. 
It feeds on the hop (Humulus lupulus ), &c. 
ORG-SIA FASCELINA. 
DARK TUSSOCK. 
Plate XII. Figure 4. 
This insect measures from an inch and a half to an 
inch and three quarters, or even over two inches across. 
Male: fore wings rather dark-grey powdered with 
brownish-black, and crossed with two curved blackish 
streaks or bands powdered with orange or orange-yellow, 
and a blackish spot edged with orange near the inner 
corner. Hind wings grey. 
Localities for this species are York, Lytham, Crosby 
near Liverpool, Sudbury, Blackpool, Blandford, Stirling, 
Filey, Edinburgh, Cambridge, Hal ton, Canterbury, Car¬ 
lisle, Stowmarket. 
The situations where it is found are heathy places. 
