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brown, with three blackish lines along the back, the central one 

 broader than the other two, especially on the middle of each 

 ring, where it swells out into a black spot. 



In May and June, and again in August, the moth may be 

 disturbed from the food plant growing in masses in hedgerows, 

 etc. It occurs in most of the southern counties of England, 

 westward to Herefordshire and South Wales, and eastward to 

 Suffolk. Forsythe states that it is local in the Lancaster 

 district. 



The range abroad extends to Amurland and Japan. 



The Fern {Phibalapteryx {^Coeiiocalpe) tersatd). 



The general colour of this species (Plate 102, Fig. 8) is pale 

 brown, with a tendency to reddish in some specimens, and to 

 greyish in others. 



Caterpillar, pale brownish inclining to ochreous ; on each 

 side of an irregular blackish line along the centre of the back is 

 a pale yellowish line, and there are white spots on the back of 

 the middle rings. It feeds on Clematis^ in August and Sep- 

 tember. The moth is out in June and July, and will be found 

 in similar localities to those mentioned for the previous species, 

 and, except that it has not been recorded from Lancaster, its 

 range in England is much about the same. 



The distribution abroad extends to Japan. 



Oblique Carpet {Coe?iocaIpe vittatd). 



This species, also known as lignata, Hiibner, is usually pale 



brown in ground colour, tinged with ochreous or pinkish ; the 



darker oblique stripes vary in width and in intensity. (Plate 



102, Figs. 9 $ , gen. i ; 10 ^ , gen. 2.) 



The caterpillar is of a yellow-green colour, inclining to 



Series II. q 



