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stripes ; tubercleSj spiracles, and dorsal plate black ; 

 ventral surface and legs smoky flesh-colour. It forms 

 a cocoon of silk covered with particles of earth, in which 

 it hybernates, pupating the following May. 



Ent. iii. 224. 



Orobena straminalis, Hb. 



eiutalis, lib. 



(Plate 5. fig. 10.) 



Loc. Lundy Island, Norwich, Wooton, Cawston, 

 Coltishall, Horsford, Colchester, Hastings, Suffolk, 

 Cavan, Killarney, Ranworth, Red Hill. 



This insect frequents damp meadows, grassy places 

 in woods, &c., iu June and July. 



The larva feeds on Barbarea vulgaris, Sinapis 

 arvensis, and other plants in August. 



Larva : head black, upper lip bright green ; back 

 olive-green ; spiracular stripe deep yellow, followed by 

 a paler stripe; spiracles black, ringed with light brown ; 

 belly dirty green, paler than the back ; along the back 

 and sides are two series of longitudinal white marks ; 

 tubercles black ; side margins of the plate on the second 

 segment black. In September it forms a cocoon covered 

 with particles of earth, iu which it hybernates, pupating 

 the following spring. E. M. M. xix. 127. 



