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THE MOTTLED BEAUTY. 
behind the middle by the ground colour ; the base 
occupied by another band, similarly interrupted, and 
nearly divided by a white crescent. The imder 
wings have a cross band of black angular spots, 
rather before the middle, in continuation, when the 
nings are expanded, of the central one on the upper 
pair. The fringe is rather long and thick, and 
consists of regularly alternating tufts of black and 
white plumelets ; body and antennas black, spotted 
with white. « 
The caterpillar, which feeds on the birch, is dusky- 
bro^vn, svith undulating yellow lines on the sides. 
The moth is found in June and July, but is by no 
means of frequent occurrence. It is met with oc- 
casionally, however, in most of the southern counties 
of England. 
CLIFDEN BEAUTY. 
Zerene Albicillala. 
PLATE XXVIII. Fig. i. 
Phal. Gcom. Albicillata, Linn. ; Don. iv. PI. 202 The Beau- 
tiful Carpet, Haworth Clifden Beauty, Xerene 
Albioillata, Odhsen, Steph. 
About the same size as the preceding ; the ground 
colour milk-white ; all the tvings with a small 
dusky-black spot in the centre : the anterior pair 
with the base brown, variegated with transverse 
