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CARPOCAPSA GROSSANA. 

 Plate XC1I. Figure 8. 



Localities for this species are Birch Wood, Darenth 

 Wood, West Wickham Wood, Mickleham, Norbury Park, 

 the New Forest, Croydon, and other places round London. 



The situations where it is found are beech plantations. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is of a dull pale yellowish colour, clouded 

 with orange lines along the back with a dull lead-coloured 

 spot on the twelfth segment ; the head brown and clear ; 

 the shield luteous and transparent, underneath it is pale 

 yellowish pink. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 August, and through the winter to May. 



It feeds on the beech-mast. 



The chrysalis is of a dull brown colour ; it is enclosed in 

 a coeoon of whitish, silk. 



CARPOCAPSA POMQNANA,, 

 Plate XCII. Figure 9. 



Localities for this specie are Brighton &c. ; also in 

 Ireland. 



The situations where it is found! are apple and pear 

 orchards. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is of a pinkish colour, brightest when 

 young ; the head pale brown, with four cross stripes of 



