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Localities for this species are Stockton and other places 

 near York, Ipswich, Dorking, Exeter, Brighton, the Isle 

 of Wight, Cambridge, Birkenhead, Kingsbury, Lynton, 

 Bristol, Lyndhurst, Worthing, Pembury, Darlington, 

 West Looe, Manchester, Luss, Barnstaple. 



The situations where it is found are heaths and 

 commons. 



The perfect insect appears in July. 



The caterpillar is rather dark green, with a darker line 

 along the back, a paler one below it, and one on the 

 sides of a pale pink colour. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. 



It feeds on the broom ( Genista tinctoria and Genista 

 anglicaj. 



The chrysalis is surrounded with a web placed among 

 .leaves. 



GEOMETRA PAPILIONARIA. 

 LARGE EMERALD. 



riate XXI. Figure 11. 



THIS very fine insect measures from a little under two 

 inches to more than two and a quarter across. 



Male: fore wings green; the first line which is waved 

 is whitish but indistinct; second line also whitish, in- 

 dented, and curved, but not extending to the upper 

 margin; third line indicated by a very faint row of white 

 spots. Hind wings green, crossed with a dotted whitish 

 line, followed by another of dots of the same colour. 

 The antennae are slightly pectinated. 



