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The perfect insect appears in June and July. 

 The caterpillar is green, with dark yellowish-red spots 

 on the sides of the sixth and seventh segments. 



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



It feeds on the spindle. 



The chrysalis is affixed between leaves. 



LOMASPILIS MARGINARIA. 



CLOUDED BORDER. 

 Plate XXVII. Figure 7. 



THIS pretty insect, which is very variable in its mark- 

 ings, measures from a little under an inch to about that 

 width in expanse. 



Male: fore wings white, the upper margin blackish- 

 brown but not continuous, there being two interventions ; 

 central shade blackish-brown but not always continuous, 

 and the margin also blackish-brown. Hind wings white 

 bordered with black, wide, narrow, and again wide, and 

 a bar composed of spots of the same colour across the 

 middle. 



Localities for this species, which is plentifully distributed 

 throughout the country, are York, Charmouth, Brighton, 

 Humberstone, Buttercrambe Moor, &c. 



The situations where it is found are woods and hedge 

 sides. 



The perfect insect appears in May and July. 



The caterpillar is dark green, with a narrow line on the 

 back and below it, and a wider one on each side. 



