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CHEIMATOBIA BRUMARTA. 



WINTER MOTH. 

 Plate XXVIII. Figure 2. 



THIS insect measures from a little over an inch to one 

 and a quarter in expanse. 



Male : fore wings greyish-brown, crossed with several 

 rather indistinct waved lines of a deeper tint, and a central 

 shade also indistinct but rather darker than the ground 

 colour of the wing. Hind wings paler greyish-brown, with 

 very faint curved lines across. 



The female is without wings, or nearly so. 



Localities for this abundant species are York, Nun- 

 burnholme, Falniouth, Thornhill, Brighton, Faversham, 

 Perth, Sidmouth. 



The situations where it is found are hedge sides. 



The perfect insect appears in October, November, and 

 December. 



The caterpillar is pale green or yellowish, with some- 

 times a blackish tinge, a yellowish-white line below the 

 two back, and another on the sides ; the head green. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 May. 



The chrysalis is placed in a slight cocoon beneath the 

 ground. 



