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Tar Kinney Sttver Croup (X. perspicillaris, Ocusennet- 
MER) appears in June. Wings one inch one-half, with four 
brown streaks, toothed behind with a single kidney-shaped 
common spot, the lower margin with a purplish tinge. Caterpillar 
somewhat downy and rough, green, with a white line on the 
back. Rare. Kent. 
Tue FLAME (X, putris, OcuseNHEIMER) appears the middle 
of June. Wings one inch one-quarter to five twelfths; first pair 
yellowish white, with the anterior margin and stigmata brown, 
anda slanting double streak of black spots towards the hinder 
edge; second pair of a pale yellowish brown, with the hinder 
margin spotted with brown. Caterpillar yellowish brown, black 
spotted, and streaked with pale yellow and whitish, with a 
yellowish line on the back; the head brownish black; feeds on 
grasses. Notscarce. Essex, and near London. 
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CALOCAMPA (STEPHENS). 
Tar Sworp Grass (C. exoleta, StePHENS) appears in April or 
May, and the middle of October. Wings two inches to two inches 
one-fourth ; first pair wood brown, rather long, narrow, streaked 
with brown at the hinder edge, the interior stigma oblong, the pos- 
terior ear-shaped; second pair greyish brown, with the margin 
and crescent on the dise dusky, fringe pale. Caterpillar green, 
with large white spots on the back and smaller ones on the 
sides, anda red one beneath; feeds upon lettuce, spinach, broom, 
bramble, asparagus, &c. Rather scarce. Oxford, near Lon- 
don, Kent, and Devonshire. 
Tue Antique (C. vetusta, STEPHENS) appears in autumn. 
Wings one inch five-sixths to two inches one-sixth; first pair 
anteriorly pale brown, interiorly obscure brown, with an oblong 
spot; second pair of a deeper hue. Caterpillar dull green, white, 
spotted with a yellowish line on the back and a whitish one on 
the side; stigmata red; feeds on Carex. Rare. Kent. 
XYLOPHASIA (Stepuens). 
Tue Music (X. lithorylea, SrerueNns) appears the beginning 
of July. Wings one inch three-fourths to eleven-twelfths ; first 
pair pale, somewhat clouded with dusky brown, with whitish 
and brown spots on the upper edge; the hinder edge irregularly 
Tusty brown; second pair pale, with a central crescent and 
margin dusky; the nervures and spots on the margin brown. 
Caterpillar green, with whitish spots and lines on the sides; 
feeds on the black thorn. Not scarce. Cheshire, Essex, Mid- 
dlesex, Kent, and Surrey. 
Tar Guimmerer (X, sublustris, SrerHens). Wings one inch 
two-thirds to five-sixths, rusty ash; first pair with a spot on 
the upper edge, and the hinder edge irregularly marked with 
Tusty brown; second pair with a central crescent and streak 
behind, the middle darker. Rare. Sussex. 
Tne Dark Arcus (X. polyodon, SreruEens) appears the end 
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