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cester, Arundel, Newnham, Lyndhurst, Bristol, Fresh- 

 water, Gloucester, Mickleham, Barnstaple, Dublin, 

 Weston-Super-Mare, Plymouth, Marlow, Exeter. 



The situations where it is found are hedge-sides. 



The perfect insect appears in October and November, 

 and lives through the winter to March and April; October 

 24. 



The caterpillar is yellowish brown, with a blackish 

 spot on the back of each segment. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 June and July. 



It feeds on the oak and several plants. 



The chrysalis is found in a loose cocoon mixed with 

 earth. 



I have to thank Mr. Allis, of York, for his obliging 

 loan of the specimen from which the plate is taken. 



HOrORlNA CROCEAGO. 



ORANGE UPPER WING. 



Plate LIX. Figure 2. 



Localities for this species are Selling Wood near 

 Faversham, Dartmoor, Brighton, Lewes, Darenth Wood, 

 Lyndhurst, Black Park, Tenterden, East Grinstead, 

 Worcester, and Barnstaple. 



The situations where it is found are oak woods. 



The perfect insect appears in October and November, 

 and continues through the winter till March and April. 



The caterpillar is reddish yellow, with a row of slant- 

 ing blackish lines on each side of the back on the fifth, 

 sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth 

 segments, meeting on the middle of the back. 



