EMMELESIA ALCHEMILLARLA. 



SMALL RIVULET. 

 Plate XXIX. Figure 2. 



THIS insect measures about three-quarters of an. inch or 

 a little over in width. 



Male: fore wings dull pale reddish-brown with a very 

 faint tinge of green, crossed by several darker waved lines 

 and with two small white marks on the lower margin. 

 Third line waved and whitish; central band followed by 

 a white waved line through which runs a slender line of 



grey- 



Localities for this species are York, Huddersfield, Scar- 

 borough, Darlington, Faversham, Glasgow, Ardrossan, 

 Lynton, Barnstaple, Cambridge, Lower Guiting, Lewes, 

 West Looe, Birkenhead, Edinburgh, Stowmarket, Preston, 

 Brighton, Exeter, Manchester, Newnham, Charmouth, 

 Bristol, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



The situations where it is found are lanes and woods. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is dull yellowish grey, brown on the 

 sides and between the segments. 



It feeds on the nettle ( Urtica urensj. 



The chrysalis is enclosed in a cocoon of earth. 



