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ABRAXAS GROSSULARIARIA. 



MAGPIE MOTH. COMMON MAGPIE. LARGE MAGPIE. 

 Plate XXVII. Figure 4. 



THIS insect measures from above an inch and a half 

 to nearly one inch and three quarters in expanse. 



Male: fore wings white with a faint tinge of cream 

 colour, the inner corner orange-yellow, spotted and bor^ 

 dered on the outside with black. First line black, but 

 short and wide above, the remainder only indicated by 

 spots; second line a waved line of black, the upper part 

 a row of spots; third line a waved row of black spots 

 bordering on a line of orange-yellow, the outer margin 

 with a row of black spots. Hind wings also white with 

 a faint tinge of cream colour, a row of black spots round 

 the outer margin, another irregular one across the middle, 

 and some more spots between it and the inner corner; 

 thorax yellow, spotted with black; the body yellow, 

 spotted with black on its upper part. 



Localities for this species, which is very abundant 

 throughout the country, are York, Charmouth, Queens- 

 town, Nunburnholme, Brighton, Humberstone, Anstey, 

 Worcester, &c., &c. 



The situations where it is found are gardens, lanes, 

 and woods. 



The perfect insect appears in July and August. 



The caterpillar is white dotted with, black, and with two 

 large spots of the same along the back on each segment. 



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