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the whole of the wing. The first line is darker brown ; the 

 second line is darker brown, and both near together; cen- 

 tral line darker brown. Hind wings dull brown, the 

 margin darkest. 



Localities for this species are York, Birkenhead, Lewes, 

 Manchester, Faversham, Brighton, Newnham, Worcester, 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne, Chatham, Lyndhurst, Huddersfield, 

 Darlington, Tenterden, Stowmarket, Pembury, Bristol, 

 Cambridge, Lower Guiting. 



The situations where it is found are woods and lanes. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is yellowish-green, with a pale yellow 

 line along the back, and another on the sides, with yellow 

 spots and streaks on the segments. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 September. 



It feeds on the alder. 



The chrysalis is enclosed in a slight cocoon, laid on 

 the surface of the ground. 



VENUSIA CAMBRICARIA. 

 WELSH WAVE. 



Plate XXIII. Figure 6. 



THIS insect measures from an inch to nearly an inch 

 and a quarter in expanse. 



Male : fore wings pale clear greyish-white, with a black 

 line a little within the upper margin running through the 

 cross lines. The first line is black, with a paler one bor- 

 dering it, the two filled up with a dark shade and curved, 

 with three black spots ; the second line, also a double one 

 and filled up with a dark shade, much waved and black, 



