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grass, etc. : May to August. (Plate 126, Fig. 4 ; chrysalis, Fig. 

 4a ; eggs, Plate 133, Fig. 4.) The moth is out in March and 

 April, and rests by day on or among herbage. The male has 

 been known to fly in the sunshine, but its more usual time of 

 flight is the early evening. 



The species is locally common on sand hills, on the coast of 

 Cheshire, Flintshire, and Carnarvon ; Wallasey is a noted 

 locality, and the earliest British specimens were taken in that 

 district about 1832 ; it also occurs on the Lancashire coast, in 

 the Liverpool and Blackpool districts. In Ireland, it was first 

 noted in Co. Antrim, where caterpillars were found at Bally- 

 castle, and about twenty-two years ago moths were captured at 

 the same place. Other Irish locaHties are Achill Island, off 

 the coast of Mayo ; Slyne Head and Roundstone, Connemara 

 coast. There are records of its occurrence in the Isles of Skye 

 and Tiree. 



Brindled Beauty {Lycia hirtarid). 



A male and a female are shown on Plate 124 (Figs. 7 i, 8 ?), 

 and these represent the more usual form of the sexes in the 

 London district. Some specimens are paler, others are darker \ 

 and not infrequently the wings are sprinkled with yellowish. 



On Plate i (Figs. 4, 6, 8) will be found figures of a female and 

 two male examples of a large race taken by Mr. H. McArthur 

 this season (1908) at Aviemore, in Scotland. One of these males 

 is of a remarkable ochreous coloration, whilst in the other the 

 contrast of grey ground and black marking is equally striking. 

 The female is blackish sprinkled with ochreous. 



The caterpillar is purplish grey or reddish brown clouded 

 and freckled with darker, and spotted with yellow on rings 5-8 ; 

 the first ring is also marked with yellow in front, the head is 

 freckled with black, and about the jaws with yellow. It feeds 

 on lime, elm, willow, and fruit trees, especially plum and pear, 



