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Male: fore wings grey,darker within the outer margin, 
and crossed by a broad bar of brown bounded on each side 
by a black waved line, and with two spots near the upper 
margin. Hind wings dusky, darker within the margin. 
Localities for this species are Black Park, Croxteth Park 
near Liverpool, Witney, Lewes, Blandford, Filey, Epping, 
Horndean, Glasgow, West Looe, Worcester, Lymington, 
Edinburgh, Wavendon, Killiecrankie, Teignmouth, Lower 
Guiting, Halton, Bristol, Stowmarket, and near London. 
The situations where it is found are woods. 
The perfect insect appears at the end of May and in 
June. 
The caterpillar is yellowish-red, with a broad black 
line along the back, and tufts of reddish hair on the 
fifth, sixth, and twelfth segments. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is from 
August to September. 
It feeds on the oak, beech, birch, hazel, willow, alder, 
and blackthorn. 
This moth varies in its markings in different individuals. 
BOMBYCID2E. 
TRICHIURA CRATiEGI. 
Plate XIII. Figure 3. 
This insect measures from an inch and a quarter to 
nearly an inch and a half across. 
Male: fore wings pale grey, with a broad bar of a 
darker shade within an indented blackish line on each 
