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The perfect insect appears in July and August. 

 The chrysalis is found enclosed in a cocoon below the 

 earth. 



ORTHOSIA YPSILON. 



DINGY SHEARS. 

 Plate LVIL Figure 11. 



Localities for this neat species are York, Askham Bog, 

 Nunburnholme, Lewes, Stowmarket, Kingsbury, Exeter, 

 Cambridge, Burton-on- Trent, Bristol, and Birkenhead. 



The situations where it is found are marshy places. 



The perfect insect appears in July. 



The caterpillar is blackish brown, with a broad paler 

 stripe along the back, between which is a chain-shaped 

 streak; the side line dull yellowish grey. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 June. 



It feeds on the willow and the poplar. 



The chrysalis is found below the surface, enclosed in 

 a cocoon. 



ORTHOSIA LOTA. 



RED-LINED QUAKER. 



Plate LVIII. Figure 1. 



Localities for this rather common and widely-distributed 

 species are York, Nunburnholme, Sutton-on-Derwent, 

 Bromsgrove, Warter, Brighton, Bowdon, Faversham, 



