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Male : fore wings light grey, dusted with blackish-brown 

 dots and small marks, the first line blackish-brown but 

 indistinct, second line also blackish-brown but indistinct, 

 slightly bent and jagged near the central line, third line 

 a baud of pale brown, followed within the outer margin 

 by another double blackish-brown line, but all these lines 

 are variable in some individuals. Hind wings light grey, 

 with several streaks, three principal ones, and an eye- 

 mark in the centre. 



Localities for this species are Lyndhurst in the New 

 Forest, Manchester, Black Park, Worcester, Lewes, West 

 Wickham, Tenter den. 



The situations where it is found are woods. 



The perfect insect appears at the end of June and in 

 July. 



The caterpillar is greyish-brown, with small prominen- 

 ces, some brown lines and pale dots, a line on the sides 

 spotted with black and white, and another whitish one 

 below. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 September, and again in May. 



It feeds on the oak and the beech. 



The chrysalis is found under the ground. 



BOARMIA CONSORTARIA. 

 PALE OAK BEAUTY. 

 Plate XX. Figure 9. 



THIS insect measures from an inch and three quarters 

 to two inches in expanse. 



Male: fore wings grey, dusted with blackish-brown 

 dots and small marks, the first line brownish and 



