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bent; second line also pale grey and slightly bent; central 

 line, which is broader than the others, dark reddish-grey, 

 and placed nearer the second line than the first; central 

 spot white, but not very distinct. Hind wings dull 

 reddish-yellow crossed by three lines of a dark dusky colour. 



Localities for this species are Scarborough, Newnham, 

 Lewes, Brighton, Black Park, Dursley, Norbury Park, 

 Manchester, Pembury, Lyndhurst, Halton. 



The situations where it is found are woods. 



The perfect insect appears in May and August. 



The caterpillar is of a general reddish-brown colour, 

 with yellow markings. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 June (?) and September. 



It feeds on the beech. 



The chrysalis is affixed by a thread at the tail, and 

 another round the body. 



EPHYRA OMICRONARIA. 



MOCHA. 

 Plate XXII. Figure 10. 



THIS pretty insect measures from a little over three 

 quarters of an inch to about an inch in expanse. 



Male: fore wings very pale yellowish or buff- white; the 

 first line, which is rather dark yellowish-brown, is much 

 waved; second line also brown, waved, and indented, with 

 a broad border of yellowish-brown; third line a paler 

 shade of the same; central spot a ring of yellowish-brown 

 like an 0, whence the specific name. Hind wings pale 

 yellowish or buff-white, crossed near the inner corner by a 



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