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ochrata, Sc. } Acidalia (Sterrha). (Bright Wave) 



L. 7-10 or on to spring. On the flowers of Crepis, 

 Galium verum, Leontidon autumnalis, 

 Lotus corniculatus, Picris hieracioides, 

 Solidago, Taraxacum, and Tussilago. 



P. 



I. 6. 



O. Hatch in about 10 days. 



ochrearia, Ross (citraria, Hb.), Aspilates. (Yellow Belle) 



L. 6-7 and 9-5. On Crepis, Daucus, Gramineae 



(sweep these), Plantago, and Polygonum. 

 P. 5 and 7. In a slight cocoon amongst food. 

 I. 5-6 and 8-9. Frequents sand-hills near the sea. 

 0. Laid 7th to 8th September 1907, hatched 



20th October 1907; laid 16th to 20th 



June 1908, commenced hatching 30th 



June (R. Adkin). 



Ochreous Pug. (indigata, Hb., Eupithecia) 

 Ochria. Genus includes aurago. 

 Ochria. Genus includes ochracea. 



ochroleuca, Esp., Eremobia. (Dusky Sallow) 



L. 5-7. On Graminese, especially Dacytus glomerata, 

 and Verbascum (?). 



P. 6-7. Below ground. 



I. 7-8. Rests on Knap-weed in day-time. Comes 

 to light and to Ragwort and Centaurea 

 flowers at night, and sugar occasionally. 



O. 



Ochropleura. Genus includes plecta. 



octogesima, Hb. (ocularis, Gn.), Palimpsestis (Cymatophora). 

 (Figure of Eighty) 



L. 7-8. Night feeder on Populus. Beat at night. 



P. 9-5. In a loose cocoon between leaves, or in moss 

 at foot of trees. Search dead leaves on 

 the ground. Sometimes spins up between 

 Ivy leaves or under bark. 



I. 5-6. Comes to sugar, especially on Poplar trunks. 



O. 6. Females lay in captivity if provided with 

 sprays of food. 



ocularis, Gn.= octogesima, Hb. 



