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Female : fore wings reddish chesnut-brown, with two 
indistinct yellowish hands or stripes forming a bar across. 
Hind wings reddish-brown. 
Localities for this species are Rye, St. OsytlTs, the Isle 
of Sheppy, and Erith, Kent. 
The situations where it is found are the banks of rivers, 
and other places near the sea. 
The perfect insect appears in July and August. 
The caterpillar is of a leaden hue, but much striped; 
one whitish line along the back, below it a broad orange- 
brown one, followed by another of silver-grey, within 
which are black spots on the third, fourth, fifth, and 
twelfth segments, and covered with bright chestnut hairs. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
May and June. 
It feeds on the plantain (Plantago lanceolata ;), the 
wild carrot (Daucus carota ), sea wormwood (Artemisia 
maritima ), &c. 
BOMBYX EUBI. 
FOX MOTH. 
Plate XIY. Figure 2. 
This insect measures from a little over an inch and 
three quarters to two inches and a half in width. 
Male: fore wings deep reddish brown, with two pale 
yellowish-brown streaks across, the space between them 
rather darker than the remainder of the wing, as is the 
outer margin, broadly. Hind wings deep reddish-brown. 
Female: fore wings greyish-brown, with one paler 
streak across, on the outside of a wide bar across. Hind 
wings greyish-brown. 
