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up to Yorkshire. It has been found in Wales (Pembroke and 

 Dolgelly), and appears to be rare in Ireland, except at Glen- 

 malure, Co. Wicklow. 



The Small Quaker {TcBmocampa pulvemlenfa). 



Most specimens of this species (Plate 158, Figs. 9 J, 10 9) 

 have the fore wings pale greyish ochreous, more or less mottled 

 or dusted with reddish brown. Occasionally these wings are 

 pale grey (var. na7ia^ Haworth) ; or dark grey brown and more 

 rarely blackish. The dingy brownish dots representing the 

 first and second cross lines are sometimes distinct and not 

 infrequently absent. 



The ^g'g is whitish with brown girdled dot. 



The caterpillar is greenish grey and rather greener between 

 the rings ; there are five yellow or whitish lines, that along the 

 centre of the back being the broadest, usual dots black and 

 glossy ; head greenish, much marked with black : plates on 

 first and last rings of the body black. It feeds from April to 

 June on oak, hawthorn, sallow, rose, etc. (Plate 159, Fig. 2.) 

 The moth flies in March and April, and is a constant visitor to 

 the sallow catkins, also to the blossoms of plum, damson, and 

 sloe. It appears to be common throughout England and 

 Wales ; more or less frequent in Scotland to Moray ; and 

 is not uncommon in some districts of Wicklow and Galway, 

 but local and rather scarce in other parts of Ireland. 



The Common Quaker {Tceniocampa sfabilis). 



The ground colour of the fore wings of this species (Plate 158, 

 Figs. I, 2) ranges from whitish or pale grey brown through 

 tints of reddish brown to dark brown ; the stigmata are outlined 

 in pale ochreous, the centres often darker than the general colour 

 of the wings ; the orbicular is of large size and frequently 



