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Female: fore wings semi-transparent and white, with 

 eight, nine, or ten black spots irregularly disposed. 

 Hind wings white and semi-transparent, and with five 

 or six black spots. 



Localities for this species are Sandal Beat near Doncas- 

 ter, Morton and Langwith near York, Huddersfield, Scar- 

 borough, Chilham, Manchester, Exeter, Epping, Halton, 

 Winchester, Stowmarket, Bristol, Sudbury, Cambridge, 

 Plymouth, Lower Guiting, Teignmouth, Birkenhead, 

 Tenterden, Lewes, Lymington, Darlington, Shrewsbury. 



The situations where it is found are open places in 

 woods. 



The perfect insect appears in May and June. 



The caterpillar is greyish or greenish-brown, with a 

 line along the back of a pale shade, the head reddish, 

 the legs reddish. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 July, August, and September. 



The caterpillar feeds on the nettle, ( Urtica urcns,} 

 the plantain (Plantayo lanceolata,} the dock (Rumex 

 &c. 



ARCTIA LU15RICIPEDA. 



BUFF ERMINE. 

 Plate IX. Figure 5. 



THIS insect measures from one inch and a half to an 

 inch and three quarters or more in width. 



Male: fore wings buff-yellow, more or less deep or pale, 

 Avith two or three black spots near the inner corner, two 

 near the middle of the front margin, and a slanting row 

 of several others from the outer corner to the lower 



