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SELENIA ILLUSTRARIA. 



BEAUTIFUL THORN. 

 Plate XVIII. Figure 5. 



THIS insect measures from a little over an inch and 

 a quarter to about one and three quarters in expanse. 



Male: fore wings pale grey faintly tinged with red and 

 shaded with brown, the first line dark brown and bent, 

 the second line also dark brown and waved. Hind wings 

 pale grey. 



Localities for this species are Darenth Wood, Brighton, 

 West Wickham, Halton, Croydon, Black Park, Bristol, 

 Box Hill, Lymington, Epping, Carlisle, Worcester, 

 Exeter, Plymouth. 



The perfect insect appears in May, and again in August. 



The caterpillar is a mixture of greyish-brown and dark 

 reddish-brown, in stripes and spots, with prominences on 

 the fifth, sixth, eighth, and ninth segments, the two hind- 

 most of them being larger than the others. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 June and September. 



It feeds on the birch, the beech, the ash, and the oak. 



ODONTOPTERA BIDENTARIA. 



SCALLOPED HAZEL. 

 Plate XVIII. Figure 6. 



THIS insect measures from about an inch and a half 

 to nearly one and three quarters across. 



Male: fore wings rather pale yellowish-brown, speckled 

 with darker; first line dark olive-brown, waved, and 



