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HYBERNIA LEUCOPHJEARIA. 

 SPRING USHER. 



Plate XXVII. Figure 10. 



THIS insect measures from an inch and a quarter to 

 nearly one and three quarters in expanse. 



Male: fore wings greyish-brown, much mottled with 

 brown of two shades. The first line blackish and curved; 

 second line also blackish, much waved, and slanting to the 

 middle of the lower margin, with a broad dark shade on 

 its outer edge extending to traces of a third line; 

 central line rather wide and blackish-brown. Hind 

 wings rather grey, with a brown rather obscure central 

 dot, and parts of the two or three slightly waved lines 

 running outwards from the inner margin. 



The female is without wings. 



Localities for this species, which is a common one 

 throughout the country, are York, Brighton, Barnstaple, 

 Stowmarket, Dunham Park, &c. 



The situations where it is found are oak woods. 



The perfect insect appears in February and March. 



The caterpillar is yellowish-green, mottled with whitish 

 marks edged with dark green, and a pale yellow line on 

 each side below the back. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May 

 and June. 



It feeds on the oak. 



The chrysalis is subterranean. 



