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The situations where it is found are woods. 

 The perfect insect appears at the end of May and in 

 June. 



The chrysalis is found between leaves or among moss. 



ASTHENA CANDIDATA. 



SMALL WHITE WAVE. 



Plate XXIII. Figure 2. 



THIS insect measures three quarters of an inch or a 

 little over in expanse. 



Male: fore wings white, with several very pale grey 

 waved lines across, the two nearest together being in the 

 middle; the outer margin dotted with black; central spot 

 grey but indistinct. Hind wings also white, crossed with 

 very pale grey waved lines. 



Localities for this species are York, Huddersfield, Scar- 

 borough, Tenterden, Faversham, Pembury, Stowmarket, 

 Kingsbury, Cambridge, Barnstaple, Worthing, Brighton, 

 Manchester, Worcester, Darlington, Lyndhurst, Preston, 

 Newnham, Bristol, Lewes, Lower Guiting, Newcastle- 

 on-Tyne. 



The situations where it is found are woods. 



The perfect insect appears at the end of May, and in 

 June. 



The caterpillar is pale green, with a dull red line 

 along on each side below the back, interrupted on the 

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



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



It feeds on the hornbeam. 



The chrysalis is placed among leaves or in moss. 



