VENILIA MACULARIA. 



SPOTTED YELLOW. 

 Plate XVII. Figure 6. 



THIS insect measures an inch or a little over an inch 

 in width. 



Male: fore wings yellow, spotted with greyish-brown 

 in the tracks of the half line, first line, and second line, 

 and also outside -the latter. Hind wings yellow, and 

 spotted with greyish-brown. 



Localities for this species are York, Darlington, Exeter, 

 Huddersfield, Barnstaple, Blean Wood near Canterbury, 

 Faversham, Lymington, Bristol, Alfred's Well and the 

 Ran Dan Woods near Bromsgrove, Plymouth, Lewes, 

 West Looe, Stowmarket, Sudbury, Dorking, Newcastle- 

 on-Tyne, Pembury, Tenterden, Brighton. 



The situations where it is found are woods. 



The perfect insect appears in May, June, and July. 



The caterpillar is bluish-green with a dark line of the 

 same along the back, and a whitish line on each side 

 of it. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 August and September. 



It feeds on the nettle ( Urtica wens), and other 

 common plants. 



ANGERONA PRUNARIA. 

 ORANGE MOTH. 



Plate XVII. Figure 7. 

 THIS fine insect measures from an inch and three 



quarters to nearly two inches across. 



