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ORNIX BETUL^EVORELLA. 

 Plate CXVII. Figure 15. 



Localities for this species are Scarborough, Harrogate, 

 Bristol, Manchester, Lewisham, West Wickham, New- 

 castle-on-Tyne. 



The perfect insect appears in May and August. 



The caterpillar is whitish green, with a dark green 

 line along the back, the second segment with four black 

 spots ; the head brownish. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 July a second brood in September and October. 



It feeds on the birch and the beech. 



ORNIX SCUTULATELLA. 

 Plate CXVII. Figure 16. 



Localities for this species are Lewes, Dartford Heath, 

 Manchester. 



The situations where it is found are on swampy and 

 heathy places. 



The perfect insect appears in June. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 June and July, the end of the former and the beginning of 

 the latter month. 



It feeds on the birch, (Betula torfacea.) 



I have to thank H. T. Stainton, Esq., for the moth to 

 figure from on the plate. 



