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AMPHIEYB1DJS. 



AMPHIPYRA PYRAMIDEA. 

 COPPER-UNDERWING. 

 Plate LXIX. Figure 8. 



Localities for this local species are York, Worcester, 

 Swinhope, Brighton, Falmouth, Bristol, Manchester, Sud- 

 bury, Black Park, Barnstaple, Burton-on-Trent, Dorking, 

 Lullingstone Park, Peterborough, Shrewsbury, Worthing, 

 Sherwood Forest, Eotherham, Stowmarket, Wavendon, 

 Chichester, Reigate, Cambridge, Plymouth, Kingsbury, 

 Lewes, Exeter, Tenterden. 



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



The perfect insect appears in July. 



The caterpillar is green, with a white line along the 

 back, and another of the same on each side of it; the side 

 line also white; on the twelfth segment there is a raised 

 point. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 May. 



It feeds on many low plants. 



The chrysalis is found in a cocoon on the surface of 

 the ground. 



AMPHIPYRA TRAGOPOGONIS. 



MOUSE MOTH. 

 Plate LXX. Figure 1. 

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



