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similar transverse lines ; central spot black ; cilia smoky- 

 brown. 



Usually only a little variable in the distinctness of tbe 

 markings, but Mr. H. W. Vivian has one taken in South 

 Wales in which those of the costal half of the fore wings 

 are distinct, while the rest are obscure, giving the specimen 

 a rather singular appearance. 



On the wing in May and June. 



Larva long, slender, and tapering ; ground colour dark 

 green ; with a dorsal row of small red lozenge-shaped spots 

 connected by a dorsal line of the same colour ; spiracular 

 line red, bordered with yellow ; segmental divisions yellowish ; 

 in the centre of each dorsal spot is a small yellow dot. The 

 dorsal spots are often wanting on the anterior segments and 

 their place supplied by a greenish line. (Rev. H. H. 

 Crewe.) 



September and October on hawthorn, blackthorn, maple, 

 barberry, currant, ash, alder, sallow, dogwood, mountain 

 ash, and snowben-y ; feeding on the leaves. 



Pupa long, slender, and tapering ; wing-cases dark olive- 

 gi'een ; thorax and abdomen dusky olive ; abdominal divisions 

 very conspicuously yellow. (H. H. C.) In a cocoon of silk 

 and earth, in the ground. 



In this condition through the winter. 



The moth sits on the trunks and branches of trees, par- 

 ticularly hawthorn, or on posts, rails or fences, or the stems 

 of bushes, in the daytime, but if disturbed will fly actively 

 away. Its natural flight is at late dusk. It was formerly 

 abundant in the subui-bs of London, but has now become 

 there scarce ; otherwise moderately common throughout 

 England, and doubtless Wales, though the only records 

 seem to be from Glamorgan and Pembroke. In Scotland 

 found in the Edinburgh district, in Roxburghshire, Lanark 

 and other parts of Clydesdale, and in Perthshire ; in Ireland 



