YPSIPETES ELUTARIA. 



JULY HIGHFLIER. 

 Plate XXXI. Figure 13. 



Localities for this very common species are York, 

 Nunburnholme, Brighton, Humberstone, Faversham, Isle 

 1 of Wight, Barnstaple, Arran, Falmouth, Bromsgrove, 

 Charmouth. 



The situations where it is found are woods. 



The perfect insect appears in July and August. 



The caterpillar is dull yellow, with a pale yellow line 

 on each side below the back, and under it two smaller 

 ones : the side line yellow, with a reddish-brown spot in 

 the middle of each segment. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 May and June. 



It feeds on the sallow, the alder, the bilberry, &c. 



The chrysalis is found among leaves. 



MELANTHIA RUBIGINARIA. 



BLUE BORDERED CARPET. 



Plate XXXI. Figure 14. 



Localities for this species are York, Sheffield, Faver- 

 sham, Scarborough, Brighton, Simonswood near Liver- 

 pool, Halton, Preston, Carlisle, Cambridge, Stowmarket, 

 Lyndhurst, Kingsbury, Tenterden, Glasgow, Barnstaple, 

 JSTewnham, Lower Guiting, Darlington, Edinburgh, Exe- 

 ter, Manchester, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



The situations where it is found are woods. 



