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DICRANURIDiE. 
OERURA BICUSPIS. 
Plate XXXYI. Figure 7. 
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Localities for this species are Stockton Forest, York, 
Ripon, Scarborough, Goathland near Whitby, Dublin, 
Preston, Middlesborough. 
The perfect insect appears in May, and the beginning 
of June to the end. May 10th, 27th, June 20. 
The caterpillar is yellowish green, with a red stripe 
along the back, narrowed to the fourth segment, and 
widened again to the eighth, diminishing then on to 
the tail. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
August. 
It feeds on the beech, the alder, and the birch. 
The chrysalis is found in a hard cocoon attached to the 
bark of trees. 
CERURA FURCULA. 
KITTEN MOTH. 
Plate XXXYI. Figure 8. 
Localities for this species are Buttercrambe Moor near 
York, Lewes, Lewisham, Norwood, Ashford in Kent, 
Taunton, Ilfracombe, Worcester, Durham, Cambridge, 
Lyndhurst, Carlisle, Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester, Stow- 
market, Worthing, Lower Guiting, Darlington, Epping, 
Edinburgh, Preston, Halton, Plymouth. 
