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Localities for this species are Southchurch, Southern!, 

 St. Osyth, and Deal. 



The perfect insect appears in July. 



The caterpillar is greyish -brown, with prominences on 

 the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth segments. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is at the 

 end of May and beginning of June. 



The chrysalis is placed in a cocoon among moss. 



NEMORIA VIRIDATA. 



SMALL GRASS EMERALD. 



Plate XXII. Figure 2. 



THIS insect measures from a little over three quarters 

 of an inch to about one inch in expanse. 



Male: fore wings green sometimes more or less tinged 

 with yellowish; the first line is whitish but indistinct and 

 curved; second line nearly straight and whitish. 



Localities for this species are Morecambe, Lancaster, 

 "Worcester, Lyndhurst in the New Forest, and Barnstaple. 



The perfect insect appears in May and June. 



The caterpillar is dull reddish-yellow with a darker line 

 along the back, and two points on the top of the second 

 segment. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 September. 



It feeds on the bramble and the whitethorn. 



The chrysalis is found between leaves. 



