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Cheimatohia horeata — Appears October to December ; food-plant : birch. 

 A local species. 



Hyhernia rupicapraria. — Appears in January and Febri^ary ; food-plant : 

 hawthorn, sloe, plum, and bilberry. Althovigh generally common, and often 

 abundant, over England, Wales, the south of Scotland, and Ireland, this species 

 hardly ever comes iinder notice unless hedgerows and hawthorn biishes are 

 examined in January and February by the aid of a lantern after darkness has set in. 

 Then the males and almost wingless females will be found in niimbers, sitting 

 at the ends of the twigs. (South.) 



Hyhernia leucophsearia. — Appears in February ; food-plant : oak. The moth 

 rests on tree trunks, fences, etc., and the males may be thus found during the 

 day in February, earlier or later in some seasons ; the female is less often 

 obtained on trees and fences, but may be beaten, together with the male, from 

 the dead leaves which remain upon oak and other bvishes. (Soiith.) 



Hyhernia aurantiaria. — Appears October to December ; food-plant : oak, 

 birch, blackthorn. The moth is out in the latter part of the year from October, 

 and is best obtained at night when sitting on the twigs of trees or bushes, but 

 a specimen or two may be found on tree trunks, palings, etc., in the daytime. 

 (South.) 



Hyhernia marginaria. — Appears in March and April ; food-plant : oak, birch, 

 hawthorn, sloe, alder, sallow. The moth is oiit in March and April, and after 

 their short evening flight the males may be seen in nimibers on hedgerows and 

 the twigs of trees. It is not infrequent at sallow catkins, and sometimes is not 

 scarce on palings and tree trunks. The female may occasionally be detected in 

 the crevices of bai"k on tree trunks, but is more easily obtained on the twigs at 

 night. (South.) 



Hyhernia defoliaria. — Appears October to December, January, February, 

 March ; food-plant : birch, oak and other forest trees, fruit trees, and rose, 

 honeysuckle, etc. Generally abundant during winter months. 



Anisopteryx sescularia. — Appears in March ; food-plant : hawthorn, sloe, 

 privet, lilac, currant, plum, cherry, rose, oak, hornbeam, etc. The moth is out 

 in spring, and may be found on palings, tree trunks, etc., in the daytime, and 

 more freely flying abovit or sitting on hedges at night, when the spiderlike 

 wingless female is more frequently obtained. The male is attracted by light 

 and sometimes is not uncommon on gas lamps, 



Phigalia pedaria — Appears usually January — March, sometimes in November 

 and December, also mid- June ; food-plant: birch, oak, elm, lime, poplar, sallow, 

 hawthorn, sloe, plum, and other fruit trees. The moth may be seen in the day- 

 time on tree trvmks, palings, etc., bvit the female secretes herself in any convenient 

 cranny, and is not easily detected. The male flies at night and comes freely to 

 light. (South.) 



Apocheima hispidaria. — Appears in February and March ; food-plant : oak, 

 hawthorn, birch, and elm. This moth is found resting on oak trunks or on the 

 grass stems, etc., under or around the trees. The male is attracted by light. 

 (South.) 



