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stone-tint ; dorsal area ashy grey, traversed by a dark 

 line; head reddish chestnut ; collar dark brown, divided 

 by a paler line ; spiracles ringed with brown ; dots 

 black, placed on large shining warts. 



E. M. M. xxi. 121. 



Cataclysta lemnata, L. 



lemnalis, Scliill., I). L. 



(Plate 6. fig. 6, cJ ? .) 



Loc. Rugby, Axminster, Fossil Marsh, Devon, Bris- 

 tol, Chester, Bramham, Suffolk, Hastings, Huddersfield, 

 Wakefield, Norfolk, Colchester, Tenby, Ireland, South- 

 end, West of Scotland. 



Usually common during June and August in the 

 neighbourhood of water. 



Larva aquatic ; feeds on Lemna minor ; inhabits a 

 case formed out of duckweed &e. It lives through the 

 winter, and pupates in May. 



Ground-colour of the larva dull olive; head pale 

 olive-brown ; plate on the second segment shining 

 black; dorsal line black; spiracles black; anterior 

 legs pale olive. E. M. M. xii. 102. 



Paraponyz stratiotata, L. 



stratiolata, Fb. 



(Plate 6. fig. 7, <? ? .) 



Loc. Rugby, Frome, Stapleton, Bidston Marsh, Ness, 

 Chester, Hastings, Suffolk, Askham Bog, Bradford, 

 Scarborough, Sheffield, Norfolk, Colchester, Red Hill, 

 Ireland, Higligate, Deal. 



