Forest entomology . p off. Ougyia antiqua, Linn. (Common Vapourer Moth). This is a moth which may be almost termed a universal feeder, in-asmuch as the larvae may be found on almost every tree and shrub. Ihave, however, not found it so numerically strong as to be considereda serious pest, though I found it very abundant in TJelamere Forest,Cheshire, June 1895. LEPIDOPTERA. 249 The caterpillars, fig. 233 a, are very noticeable from their peculiartufts and bunches of hair. It is quite parti-coloured—a mixture ofbrown, grey, pink, yellow, &c. The head is black, and behind thehead two very long fe
Forest entomology . p off. Ougyia antiqua, Linn. (Common Vapourer Moth). This is a moth which may be almost termed a universal feeder, in-asmuch as the larvae may be found on almost every tree and shrub. Ihave, however, not found it so numerically strong as to be considereda serious pest, though I found it very abundant in TJelamere Forest,Cheshire, June 1895. LEPIDOPTERA. 249 The caterpillars, fig. 233 a, are very noticeable from their peculiartufts and bunches of hair. It is quite parti-coloured—a mixture ofbrown, grey, pink, yellow, &c. The head is black, and behind thehead two very long feathered bristles project, after the manner ofantennae; the segments are brightened with red spots, hairy bristlesproject from the segments, and four conspicuous yellow tufts springfrom the dorsal surface. The pupa, fig. 233 b, is very stout, swollen in the middle, shiningdark-brown, hairy, and enclosed in a small cocoon within the balls ofleaves. The male moth, fig. 233 c, which flies in the day, is of varying. Fig. 233.—Orgyia antiqua (Common Vapourer Moth),a, larva; b, pupa; c, male; (I, female. (Photo hy A. Flatters.) shades of brown or chestnut, and with a white half-moon-shaped spotnear the lower outer edge of the fore wing. The antennaa are shortand pectinated. The female, fig. 233 d, is almost wingless, having short abortivewings, and of a uniform grey colour. Dicranura (Cerura) vintjla, Linn. (Puss Moth). The caterpillars of this moth are sometimes very injurious to willowand poplar. I once found them eating hazel in Cheshire, and rearedseveral moths from the caterpillars. I have had them reported fromseveral places in the east coast of Scotland, and the reported injuriescoincide with the following account from Miss Ormerod:— In 1885 especially, I had notes from Mr J. Low, forester on the 250 FOREST ENTOMOLOGY. Rothes Estate, Fife, of the caterpillars being at Avork in the middleof summer on Balsam poplars, from some of which they had entirely-stripped the leaves.
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