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MACAEID^E. 



MACARIA ALTERNARIA. 



SHARP-ANGLED PEACOCK. 



Plate XXV. Figure 8. 



THIS insect measures from a little over an inch to 

 nearly an inch and a quarter across. 



Male: fore wings pale grey. The first line is grey but 

 indistinct; second line grey but indistinct, and followed 

 by a grey band tinged with yellowish-brown towards the 

 upper margin, and with an indistinct dark spot in its 

 middle; central line grey but indistinct. 



Localities for this species* are Lyndhurst, Brighton, 

 Exeter. 



The perfect insect appears in July. 



The caterpillar is light green, with three triangular 

 shaped reddish-brown marks on the sides at the middle. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 September. 



It feeds on the sallow. 



The chrysalis is enclosed in a cocoon placed on the 

 surface of the ground. 



