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The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is to the 
end of May from October. 
It feeds on grasses of different kinds. 
You must be careful not to touch this caterpillar, fur 
its hairs come off on the hands, and being of a very 
irritant character produce considerable pain, and still 
more so on the face if immediately transferred to it. 
LASIOCAMPA QUERCIFOLIA. 
LAI'PET MOTH. GllEAT LAPPET. 
Plate XY. Figure 3. 
This insect measures from about two inches and a 
quarter to three and a quarter in expanse. 
Male : fore wings very deep brownish or blackish ches- 
nut-red, more or less clouded with dark brown or black, 
and with two indented black streaks for the first and 
second line, a row of black dots for the third line, and a 
black central spot a little above the centre. Hind wings 
also deep blackish chestnut-red, but darker, and nearly 
black across the centre. 
Localities for this species are Wicken Fen, Ely, Cam¬ 
bridge, Kingsbury, Exeter, Hertford, Worcester, Epping, 
Driffield, Winchester, Lymington, Maidstone, Stowmarket, 
Arundel, Peterborough, Sudbury. 
The perfect insect appears at the end of June and in July. 
The caterpillar is dark grey, or dull reddish-brown, with 
deep blue beneath the second, third, and fourth segments, 
and apale whitish stripe more or less distinct along the sides. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May 
and to June. 
It feeds on the plum, the pear, the whitethorn, the 
blackthorn, the apple, the willow, the dwarf willow, &c. 
