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STAUROPUS FAGI. 
LOBSTER MOTH. 
Plate XXXVII. Figure 1 
Localities for this rather rare species, which derives 
its name from a supposed resemblance of the caterpillar 
to the shell-fish so called, are Worcester, Hammersmith, 
Lewes, Newuham, West Wickham, West Looe, Sherwood 
Forest, Blandford, Black Park,Epping, Sevenoaks, Cowes, 
Exeter, Lyndhurst, Arundel, Haltou, Plymouth, Henley- 
on-Thames, Dursley, Bristol. 
The situations where it is found are woods. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July, the middle 
of the former month and the beginning of the latter. 
The caterpillar is reddish brown, with two protuberances 
on the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and ninth segments; 
the two hind segments carried erect, and each bearing 
a short tail. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
August and September. 
It feeds on the beech, the oak, and the birch. 
PETASIA CASSINEA. 
THE SPRAWLER. 
Plate XXXVII. Figure 2. 
Localities for this species are York, Doncaster,Carlisle, 
Tenterden, Brighton, Piannock, Lewisham, Black Park, 
Sidmouth, Darlington,Epping, Marlow, Dumfries, Exeter, 
