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The perfect insect appears in July. 



The chrysalis is in a slight cocoon among leaves. 



BOTYS URTICALIS. 



SMALL MAGPIE. 

 Plate LXXV. Figure 15. 



Localities for this common but pretty species are York, 

 Brighton, Anstey, Nafferton, Nunburnholme, Charmouth, 

 Bromsgrove, Worcester, etc., etc., etc. 



The situations where it is found are gardens, etc. 



The perfect- insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is dull whitish, with a dull green line 

 along the back, edged on each side with yellowish white; 

 the second segment black; the head black. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 September. 



It feeds on the stinging nettle ( Urtica urens). 



The chrysalis is found in a slight cocoon among leaves. 



-EBULEA CROCEALIS. 

 Plate LXXV. Figure 16. 



Localities for this species are Scarborough, Fairbrook, 

 Faversham, Brighton, Charlton in Kent, West Looe, 

 Barnstaple, Bristol, Arundel, Cambridge, Darlington, 

 Kingsbury, Lewes, Manchester, Plymouth, Stowmarket, 

 Worthing, Sidmouth, Crewe, Sheffield. 



The perfect insect appears at the end of June and in 

 July. 



