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The caterpillar is greenish grey with a whitish line along 

 the back, the second segment pale greenish grey speckled 

 with black ; the head pale greenish grey ; the spots black. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May 

 and June. 



It feeds, abroad, on the milkwort, (Polygala chamoebuxus.) 



DASYCERA SULPHURELLA. 

 Plate CXII. Figure 12. 



Localities for this very common species are York, Scar- 

 borough, Lewes, Leicester, Tenterden, Market Harborough, 

 Pembury, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Manchester, Kingsbury, 

 Darlington, Cambridge, Bristol, Birkenhead. 



The situations where it is found are in decayed wood. 



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

 month, and in May. 



The caterpillar is greyish white, the second segment red- 

 dish brown ; the spots blackish ; the head reddish brown. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is through- 

 out the winter, from December to March. 



It feeds on decayed wood. 



The moth flies in the day time. 



