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dusted with a black, with a broad reddish-brown band 

 near the base, edged externally with black ; in the 

 middle is sometimes a shady blackish fascia, followed 

 by a central black spot ; beyond the middle is another 

 reddish-brown band, edged internally with black ; hind- 

 wings paler with faint markings. 



The larva is reddish-brown, more or less suffused with 

 ashy, with dark brown chain-like markings on the back ; 

 on the fifth segment are two small lateral tubercles, and 

 the twelfth segment bears two dorsal tubercles. It feeds 

 on oak, birch, elm, and plum, in May and June. 



The perfect insect appears towards the end of March 

 and beginning of April ; it generally emerges from the 

 pupa in the afternoon, and may then be found sitting 

 on the trunks of trees ; it flies at dusk, and comes 

 occasionally to light. 



The allied species A. betu laria, the Peppered Moth, is 

 very common and more generally distributed throughout 

 the country. 



FAMILY IV. BOARMID^E. 



HEMEROPHILA ABRUPTARIA. THE WAVED 

 UMBKE. 



(Plate IX., Fig. 5.) 



This pretty species is generally common in the south 

 of England, but appears to be less common in the north ; 

 in Scotland it has not been observed ; ' in Ireland it 

 occurs in the county of Wicklow. 



The expansion of the wings is about 1| inch. All 

 the wings are ochreous, with brown or blackish mark- 

 ings, of which a dark blotch on the fore-wings from the 

 hind margin, below the apex, reaching nearly to the 



