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West Wickham, Bisterne, Sheffield, Stowmarket, Horn- 
dean, Sidmouth, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, Car¬ 
lisle, Doncaster, Plymouth, Manchester, Preston, Bristol, 
Lymington, Teignmouth, Burton-on-Trent, Birkenhead, 
Lower Guiting, Blandford, Cambridge, Darlington, 
Epping. 
The perfect insect appears in November and December. 
The caterpillar is pale yellowish-grey, with a dark grey 
band spotted with white on each segment, darker on the 
back, on each side of which there is an interrupted line of 
orange, and two red spots on the hinder part of the 
second segment. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
May and June. 
It feeds on the poplar, the oak, the whitethorn, and 
the lime. 
This species has been taken in York, coming to a light. 
ERIOGASTER LANESTRIS. 
SMALL EGGER. 
Plate XIII. Figure 5. 
This insect measures from a little over one inch and a 
quarter to one inch and three quarters in expanse. 
Male: fore wings rather pale-reddish chocolate-brown, 
with a clear white spot near the inner corner, another 
near the middle, and a pale-greyish slightly waved line 
coming from a greyish-white spot on the upper margin, 
between it and the outer margin. Hind wings pale 
reddish chocolate-brown, with a faint streak through the 
middle. 
Localities for this species, which is very plentiful in the 
larva state where it occurs, are York, Stamford Bridge, 
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