TR1PHJENA FIMBRIA. 



BROAD-BORDERED YELLOW UJS T DER\VING. 

 Plate LIV. Figure 1. 



Localities for this species, formerly thought so extremely 

 rare, (my friend, Mr. Dale, of Glanville Wootton, had, 

 for several years, with a few other specimens, the wing of 

 one in his cabinet which he had found in a spider's web,) 

 but which is now taken plentifully, are York, Langwith, 

 Stockton Forest, Sandal Beat, and Melton Wood near 

 Doncaster, Bolton Abbey, Sutton-on-Derwent, Brighton, 

 Faversham, Canterbury, Lytham, Swinhope, Ticehurst, 

 Arundel, Horndean, Carlisle, Lewisham, Milstead near 

 Sittingbourne, llfracombe, Sherwood Forest, Killarney, 

 West Wickham, Bristol, Bowdon, Black Park, Dorking, 

 Birkenhead, Edinburgh, Darlington, Burton-on-Trent, 

 Exeter, Halton, Lewes, Huddersfield, Lyndhurst, Pern- 

 bury, Plymouth, Manchester, Scarborough, Stowmarket, 

 Tenterden, Shrewsbury, Worthing, Worcester. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is brown with a paler line along the 

 back, and a row of slanting whitish stripes, alternating 

 with some white spots in the place of the usual line on 

 either side of the back. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 March and April. 



It feeds on the primrose and other low plants. 



The chrysalis is found beneath the surface. 



