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LASIOCAMPA ILICIFOLIA. 
Plate XVI. Figure 1. 
This insect measures from an inch and a half to 
nearly one and three quarters across. 
Male : fore wings dull reddish-grey, with two slanting 
lines of blackish dots across before the middle, and be¬ 
yond it a whitish band towards the upper margin, the 
fringe pale-yellowish and ferruginous. Hind wings dull 
reddish-grey, the fringe pale yellowish and ferruginous. 
The antennae pectinated. 
Localities for this species are Cannock Chase and near 
Sheffield. 
The situations where it is found are heaths and moors. 
The perfect insect appears from the end of April to 
the middle of May. 
The caterpillar is grey, with reddish hairs, with a 
broad line of black interrupted by a spot of red on each 
segment along the back, between one on each side of it 
of white, and also a broad bluish stripe along the side. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
June, July, August, and September. 
It feeds on the bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus ), and 
the sallow. 
ENDROMIS VERSICOLOR. 
KENTISH GLORY. 
Plate XVI. Figure 2. 
This nandsome and favourite insect measures from . 
about two inches and a quarter to two and nearly three 
quarters in expanse. 
