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brown dots within the outer margin. The antennae are 

 pectinated. 



The female is paler than the male. 



Localities for this species, which is generally diffused 

 through the country, though no where very abundant, are 

 York, Crambe, Nun-Appleton, Bromsgrove, Faversham, 

 Canterbury, Black Park, Mickleham, Barnstaple. 



The situations where it is found are woods and hedge 

 sides. 



The perfect insect appears at the end of July and in 

 August. 



The caterpillar is variable in its markings, the ground 

 colour greyish-brown, more or less mottled with darker 

 markings, and whitish and violet. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 April and May. 



It feeds on the whitethorn, the oak, the elm, and the 

 blackthorn, &c. 



EMNOMOS A LN I ART A. 

 Plate XVIII. Figure 8. 



THIS insect measures about two inches across. 



Male: fore wings pale yellow frosted with brown, the 

 first line dark brown and nearly straight, the second 

 line slanting and bent. 



Localities for this species are Brighton, Margate, and 

 the North Foreland. 



The perfect insect appears in September. 



The caterpillar is brown mottled with whitish, with 

 slight prominences on the seventh, tenth, and twelfth 

 segments, and on the sides of the eighth. 



