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The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 May and the beginning of June. 



It feeds on the tufted vetch (Vicia cracca), and the 

 wood vetch ( Vicia syhatica). 



STILBUXE. 



STILBIA ANOMALA. 



ANOMALOUS. 

 Plate LXX. Figure 6. 



Localities for this species are Doncaster, Sutton-on- 

 Derwent, Isle of Man, Brighton, Storeton near Birken- 

 head, Plymouth, Lyndhurst, Manchester, Keswick, Pern- 

 bury, Carlisle, Ben Nevis, Golspie, Sutherland. 



The situations where it is found are gardens, etc. 



The perfect insect appears in August and September. 



The caterpillar is green or reddish grey, with a narrow 

 line along the back of yellowish white, and another on 

 either side of it of the same colour; the side line, which 

 is broad, is white. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 January and February. 



It feeds on grass. 



The chrysalis is found under the earth. 



CAT^EPHIA ALCHEMISTA. 



Plate LXX. Figure 7. 

 Localities for this species are in the Isle of Wight. 



