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It feeds on the roots of grasses and other low plants. 

 The chrysalis is found beneath the surface, in a slight 

 cocoon of earth. 



This species comes much to a light. 



XYLOPHASIA HEPATICA. 



CLOUDED BRINDLE. 

 Plate XL VII. Figure 2. 



Localities for this species are York, Sutton-on-Derwent, 

 Brighton, Darenth Wood, Black Park, Bere Forest, Flint, 

 Kingston in Kent, Lyndhurst, Stowmarket, Worcester, 

 Tenterden, Worthing, Wavendon, Plymouth, Manchester, 

 Bristol, Burton-on-Trent, Darlington, Cambridge, Exeter, 

 Halton, Huddersfield, Kingsbury, Lewes, Hargrave 

 Hall near Birkenhead, Hale and Croxteth near Liverpool. 



The situations where it is found are gardens, woods, etc. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is dull grey, marbled with darker, 

 and with a whitish line along the back. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 April and May. 



It feeds on the roots of several low plants. 



The chrysalis is found in a slight cocoon of earth 

 under the ground. 



