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HOTYS VERTICALIS. 



THE PEARL. MOTHER-OF-PEARL. 



Plate LXXV. Figure 10. 



Localities for this common species are York, Brighton, 

 Humberstone, Charmouth, Nunburnholme, etc., etc., etc. 



The situations where it is found are lanes, hedge-sides, etc. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is clear whitish green on the back, with 

 a darker line along it, the sides more green, the head dull 

 green. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. 



It feeds on the stinging nettle ( Urtica urens). 



The chrysalis is found in a slight cocoon amongst leaves. 



BOTYS LANCEALIS. 

 LONG-WINGED PEARL. 

 Plate LXXV. Figure 11. 



Localities for this species are Brighton, Looe, Barn- 

 staple, Dursley, St. Osyth's, Plymouth, Dunsford, Bere 

 Forest, Tenterden, Canterbury, Whippingham in the Isle 

 of Wight, Newnham, Stowmarket, Ranworth, Pembury, 

 New Forest, Droxford. 



The situations where it is found are woods, in moist 

 places. 



The perfect insect appears at the end of May and in 

 June and July; June 23; June 27. 



The chrysalis is found in a slight cocoon among leaves. 



