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The perfect insect appears hi June. 



The caterpillar is yellowish white, with a brownish line 

 along the back, the second segment yellowish with a black 

 plate on it ; the spots greenish grey; the head pale yellowish 

 brown. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is Novem- 

 ber and till March. 



It feeds on pea pods and on the Wall Rue (Asplenium 

 ruta-mtiraria) and the Spleeuwort, (Asplenium tricho- 

 manes.) 



This species flies in the sunshine. 



DIPLODOMA MARGINEPUNCTELLA. 

 Plate XCVIII. Figure 2. 



Localities for this species are York, West Wickham, 

 Alkham, Peinbury, Manchester, Darlington, Birkeuhead. 



The situations where it is found are woods. 



The perfect insect appears in June, at the end of the 

 month, and in July. 



The caterpillar is dull whitish, the second segment dark- 

 ish brown, the third and fourth tinged with brownish on the 

 sides ; the head pale brown. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 August and September, and on to November, some living 

 over till the following June. 



It feeds on hawthorn, and also on flies, beetles, and other 

 insects ; being in fact omnivorous. 



