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It feeds on the bramble, the birch, the sloe, the spin- 

 dle, &c. 



The chrysalis is found under the ground. 



BOARMIA RHOMBO1DARIA. 

 WILLOW BEAUTY. 



Plate XX. Figure 5. 



THIS insect, which is another very variable one, mea- 

 sures from an inch and a half to one and three quarters 

 in expanse. 



Male : fore wings brownish-grey, mottled with darker. 

 The first line blackish-brown and a little bent, the second 

 line also blackish-brown and a little bent near the upper 

 margin, central line indistinct, central spot blackish-brown, 

 third line also indistinct, nearly following the outer margin. 

 Hind wings also brownish-grey with two thin dentated 

 lines across, and 'another within the outer margin near the 

 lower corner. 



Localities for this species, which is very common all 

 over the country, especially in the south, are York, and to 

 the Cumbraes in Scotland. 



The situations where it is found are lanes, hedge-sides, 

 and woods. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is brownish or yellowish-grey, with small 

 prominences and a row of spots of a darker shade along 

 the back, and a greyish-yellow line on the sides. 



