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The caterpillar is dark red; the head black. 

 It feeds on the end shoots of the sweet gale, (Myrica 

 gale,} and the cowberry, ( Vaccinium vitis-idca.) 



EUCHROMIA PURPURANA., 

 Plate LXXXVII. Figure 5. 



Localities for this widely distributed but never common 

 species are Brighton, etc. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



EUCHROMIA ARBUTANA. 

 Plate LXXXVII. Figure 6. 



Localities for this species are Brighton and also in the 

 North of England and Scotland. 



The situations where it is found are heaths. 



The perfect insect appears at the end of May and in 

 June. 



It feeds on the red bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi.} 



ORTHOTJENIA ANT1QUANA. 

 Plate LXXXVII. Figure 7. 



Localities for this widely distributed but no where 

 common species are Brighton, etc., etc., etc. 

 The perfect insect appears in June and July. 

 The caterpillar is whitish; the head dark brown. 



