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DREPANULA FALCULA. 



* PEBBLE HOOK-TIP. 



Plate XXXVI. Figure 3. 



Localities for this species are Langwith and Stock- 

 ton Forest near York, Brighton, Blean Woods near 

 Canterbury, Buttercrambe Moor near Stamford-Bridge, 

 Worthing, Bysing Wood near Faversham, Carlisle, 

 Bristol, Linwood near Market Rasen, Halton, Tenter- 

 den, Isle of Wight, Lower Guiting, Blandford, Epping, 

 Huddersfield, Worcester, Lewes, Preston, Shrewsbury, 

 Newnham, Lyndhurst, Wisbeach, Stowmarket, Kilmun, 

 Chat Moss near Manchester, Scarborough, Birch Wood 

 and Siraonswood Moss near Liverpool. 



The situations where it is found are woods and wooded 

 parts of commons. 



The perfect insect appears in May, June, August, and 

 September ? 



The caterpillar is pale green, with a stripe of dark 

 reddish brown on the back; the second, third, fourth, 

 fifth, and sixth segments each with two small protuber- 

 ances. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May 

 and September. 



It feeds on the birch, the alder, the aspen, the willow, 

 and the oak. 



