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Localities for this species, which is rather common, are 

 York, Londesborough, Scarborough, Huddcrsfield, Lewes, 

 Darlington, Bristol, Lyndhurst, Brighton, Stowmarket, 

 Falmouth, Ems worth, Worthing, Exeter, Dunham Park, 

 Torwood, Edinburgh, Halton, Kingsbury, Manchester, 

 Birkenhead, Newnham. 



The situations where it is found are lane sides^ &c. 



The perfect insect appears in January, February, and 

 March. 



The caterpillar is a mixture of brown, reddish-brown, 

 yellowish, and black, the head, tail, and legs, rusty red. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May 

 and June. 



It feeds on the oak, the whitethorn, &c. 



NYSSIA ZONAUIA. 

 BELTED BEAUTY. 



Plate XIX. Figure 5. 



THIS insect measures about an inch or a little over in 

 expanse. 



Male: fore wings greyish-white, with three streaks of 

 brown, each within the other, following the outer margin, 

 and other streaks running from the innermost of them to 

 the inner corner from the upper to the lower margin. 

 Hind wings marked much in the same way, but much less 

 decisively. The body is crossed with narrow pale rings. 



The female is without wings. 



Localities for this species are the Isle of Skye, Black 

 Rock, &c. near Liverpool, Birkenhead, and New Brighton. 



