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whitish streak, the fringes pale dull yellowish, indented 

 with pale dull reddish-brown. The antennae are slightly 

 pectinated. 



Localities for this species are York, Lyndhurst, Barn- 

 staple, Charlton, Kingsbury, Bristol, Poynings, Brighton, 

 Exeter, Lower Guiting, West Rasen, Halton, Worthing, 

 Nunburnholme, Stowmarket, Plymouth, Newnham, Pern- 

 bury, Manchester, Lewes, Birkenhead, Cambridge, &c. 



The situations where it is found are woods and hedge 

 sides. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is yellowish-green; the first, second, 

 and third segments brownish, the fifth, sixth, seventh, 

 eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth, with a black 

 spot; the head brownish. 



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



It feeds on the oak and the whitethorn. 



The chrysalis is enclosed in a web among leaves. 



EPHYRIDJB. 



EPHYRA PORATA. 



FALSE MOCHA. 

 Plate XXII. Figure 7. 



THIS insect, which is very variable in its colour and 

 markings, measures a little over an inch in expanse. 



Male: fore wings pale reddish-buff freckled with dark 

 grey and reddish-brown ; the first line, which is composed 

 of a row of dark grey dots, is slightly bent; second line 



