10S 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 June. 



It feeds on the alder, the birch, &c. 



ENNOMOS TILIARIA. 



CANARY THORN. 

 Plate XVIII. Figure 9. 



THIS insect measures about an inch and a half across. 



Male: fore wings a mixture of very deep yellow and 

 rich brown, first line dark brown and slightly bent near 

 the upper margin, second line also dark brown and 

 curved. 



Localities for this species are York, Scarborough, Bris- 

 tol, Hammersmith, Birkenhead, Cambridge, Darlington, 

 Lewisham, Lewes, Sudbury, Preston, Brighton, Dumfries, 

 Exeter, Lymington, Plymouth, Wavendon, Manchester, 

 Stowmarket. 



The perfect insect appears at the end of August and 

 in September. 



The caterpillar is brown mottled with darker brown 

 and grey, with irregular streaks of pale buff, and with 

 prominences on the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and 

 tenth segments. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 June. 



It feeds on the birch, the oak, the lime, the alder, &c. 



This species comes to a light. 



