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ANISOPTERYX JESCULARIA. 



MARSH MOTH. 

 Plate XXVIII. Figure 1. 



THIS insect measures from an inch and a quarter to 

 an inch and a half in width. 



Male: fore wings grey-brown. The first line is dark 

 brown and waved, bordered on its inner side with a pale 

 shade; second line much jagged, bordered on its outer 

 edge with a whitish band; central spot dark brown, and 

 high up on the wing. Hind wings grey, with an indistinct 

 band, and a blackish-brown or dusky central spot. 



The female is without wings. 



Localities for this species, which is rather common, are 

 York, Nunburnholme, Brighton, Faversham, Dunham 

 Park, Edinburgh, Torwood. 



The situations where it is found are hedge sides. 



The perfect insect appears in March and April. 



The caterpillar is pale green mottled with a darker 

 shade, a white line below the back on each side, and 

 another pale one on the sides. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 May. 



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



The chrysalis occurs under the ground. 



