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ORGYIA ANTIQUA. 
VAPOURER. 
Plate XII. Figure 7. 
This insect measures from a little over one inch to 
nearly one inch and a half across. 
Male: fore wings rusty reddish-brown, with two waved 
cross streaks and a conspicuous white spot near the lower 
corner. Hind wings rusty reddish-brown. 
The female, of a brown colour, is without wings, or at 
least has only the bare rudiments of them. 
Localities for this species, which is common throughout 
the country, are York, Nafferton, Doncaster, Falmouth, 
Nunburnholme, Stirling, &c., and it is not unfrequently 
seen even in the streets of London itself. 
The situations where it is found are the sides of woods 
and lanes. 
The perfect insect appears in July and in October. 
The caterpillar is of a blackish colour spotted with red, 
and with several long blackish tufts, two sideways on the 
fifth and sixth segments, two on the second leaning for¬ 
wards, and one on the twelfth leaning backwards. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June 
and September. 
It feeds on the nut, the pear, the rose, and various 
other trees and shrubs. 
This species also flies in the day time, wheeling about 
in a desultory manner, so that it is not very easy to 
capture. 
