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rona prunaria. You see the male and female are 

 very dissimilar, the male being orange, mottled with 

 small black markings, and the female having a broad 

 stripe or fascia of lemon yellow through the dusky 

 anterior wings, and a large spot of the same colour on 

 the under wings. There is also another insect very 

 dissimilar in the sexes ; this is Fidonia Piniaria, but 

 the colours are transposed ; the female in this species 

 being orange, with a large dusky apical patch, and the 

 male lemon yellow, the apical patches being black. 

 This species is taken at West Wickham and Ripley 

 flying round pines in the sunshine, but requires a long- 

 handled net to capture it, as it flies rather high. Flying 

 along whitethorn hedges we shall see Rumia Cratce- 

 garia, together with Ourapteryx Sambucaria, readily 

 recognised by the tail-like processes at the edge of the 

 posterior wings, while Ellopia fasciaria occurs among 

 pines. On heaths Fidonia atomaria occurs; while 

 Eupisteria carbonaria occurs on heaths in Scotland, 

 Perthshire, together with Psodos trepidaria in the 

 same locality. Among birches we shall find Biston 

 betularia, while on the trunks of oak and pines Odon- 

 topera bidentaria will be found. On the trunks of 

 trees and on palings Aplecta tincta may be found, 

 together with Acronycta Aceris and megacephala ; 

 while on palings near gardens Polia serena occurs, 

 together with Bryophila perla and glandifera. The 

 handsome but common Plusia gamma may be often 

 found at rest on weedy banks, and P. Chrysitis among 

 nettles ; while P. Orichalcea occurs on the coast near 

 Deal, and P. Bractea in the north of England, toge- 

 ther with P. interrogationis ; Plusia Iota occurs on 



