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white border, the outer one large, ear-shaped, and white; second 
pair pale, with a brown margin. Caterpillar ash grey, with 
black spots and reddish and black indented streaks behind, 
having the collar red; feeds on the black thorn. Very rare. 
Surrey and Gloucestershire. 
MISELIA (OcusENHEIMER). 
Tue ITALIAN Twin (M. bimaculosa, OCHSENHEIMER) appears 
in July. Wings two inches, ashy white; first pair slightly 
clouded; second pair with two spots, one large and brown, 
placed at the posterior angle, the other crescent-like in the 
centre, Caterpillar, grey, with dusky and whitish lines, each 
segment with an oblong black spot, in which the stigmata are 
situated, having a large brown patch towards the head ; feeds on 
theelm. Rare. Gloucestershire. 
Tue HAwrnorn (M. Oxyacanthe, OcHSENHEIMER) appears 
the end of September. Wing's one inch seven-twelfths to two 
thirds; first pair varied with brown, green, and pale, with a 
white crescent on the inner edge; second pair dusky, with the 
margin darker, on which there is ashortish white streak. Cater~ 
pillar, brown, varied with black and white, with a bump behind; 
feeds on the white and black thorn in June. Not scarce. War- 
wickshire and Cheshire. 
Tue Avrit (M. Aprilina, OcHsSENHEIMER) appears the middle 
of April and in October. Wings one inch seyen-twelfths to two- 
thirds; first pair bright green, with a streak of arrow-shaped 
spots near the hinder edge, and another streak composed of 
smaller spots on the margin itself; second pair deep brown, with 
a white streak at the hinder edge, and a shortish one at the pos- 
terior angle, the fringe white, spotted with brown. Caterpillar, 
variable, ash coloured, with dark spots and lines on the back and 
sides, or with whitish spots on the back, and whitish lines on the 
sides; feeds on the oak, beech, apple, &c. Common. Yorkshire, 
Essex, Herefordshire, Kent, Surrey, and Somersetshire. 
Toe MArsiep Coronet (M. compta, OCcHSENHEIMER) ap- 
' pearsin June, Wings one inch one-third to one-half; first pair 
brown, varied with black, with a broad black patch resembling 
the letter N, in the middle towards the upper edge, and a white 
waved or indented streak near the hinder edge, expanding into 
asmall spot at the tip; second pair dusky, paler at the base. 
Caterpillar grey, with brownish spots on the back; feeds on 
the Lychnis dioica. Not common. Kent and Sussex. 
Tur Waite Seot Coronet (M. albimacula, OCcHSENNEIMER) 
appears in June. Wings one inch five-twelfths; first pair olive 
brown, waved with black and white, with the anterior stigma 
and a square-shaped spot near it white, having the fringe white, 
Spotted with black ; second pair yellowish brown, with a dusky 
euler, and two whitish spots towards the inner angle. Very 
are. Kent, 
