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EYBEENIIXE. 



HYBERNIA RUPICAPRARIA. 

 EARLY MOTH. 



Plate XXVII. Figure 9. 



THIS insect measures from a little over an inch to 

 an inch and a quarter in expanse. 



Male: fore wings grey-brown; the first line darker 

 brown and curved; second line also dark brown, curved, 

 and waved, followed by a pale grey band, the dark line 

 causing the semblance of a darker central shade; central 

 spot blackish-grey and rather large. Hind wings grey- 

 brown, with a dark greyish spot above the middle, and 

 crossed by a grey-brown bar or streak. 



The female is without wings. 



Localities for this species are Edinburgh, Glasgow, 

 York, Scarborough, Dunham Park, Tenterden, Plymouth, 

 Manchester, Perth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Lyndhurst, Stow- 

 market,Newnham, Birkenhead, Darlington, Huddersfield, 

 Exeter, Brighton, Lewes, Kingsbury, Bristol. 



The situations where it is found are hedge sides. 



The perfect insect appears in January and February. 



The caterpillar is bluish-green, the back pale green, 

 with a white line below it on each side, and the front of 

 each segment blackish-brown or dark green. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 May. 



It feeds on the blackthorn, the whitethorn, &c. 



The chrysalis occurs beneath the surface of the ground. 



