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together into one wider one, and another round and fol¬ 
lowing the margin, much wider at the outer corner. 
Female: front wings without the dark bar, but with two 
distinct narrow black longitudinal streaks near the middle. 
Localities for this species are, among others, York, Naf- 
ferton, Lancaster, Aldburgh, Ipswich, Glasgow, Breadsall, 
Northampton, Kingsland, Peckham, London, Leeds, Chat¬ 
teris, Sutton-on-Derwent,Fordingbridge, Kirkstall, Bridge- 
water, Congleton, Cambridge, Dublin, Tinahely, Frome, 
Brighton, Swansea, Dorchester, Herne Bay, Gillingham, 
Lyndhurst, Hammersmith, Dunkirk, Camberwell, Black- 
heath, Mortlake, Tooting, Faversham, Tonbridge, Hythe, 
Maidstone, Dartford, Ashford, Kingston, Arundel, Battle, 
Newhaven, Ticehurst, Balgreen, Duddingston, Falmouth, 
Norwich, Sudbury, Aylsham, Yarmouth, Ipswich, Chelms¬ 
ford, Colchester, Ely, Nottingham, Crediton, Byde, 
Chipping Norton, Uppingham, Sidmouth, Land’s End, 
Barnstaple, Weston-super-Mare, Worcester, Southport, 
Driffield, Hull, Clonmel, Yarm, Deal, Brantingham, 
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Halifax, Wakefield, Wallington Castle 
and Norham Vicarage in Northumberland, also at Alloa, 
Edinburgh, Gosport, Darlington, Bristol, Penzance, Caith¬ 
ness, Stowmarket, Exeter, Winchester, Lewes, Lower 
Guiting, Burton-on-Trent, Blandford, Hackney, Halton, 
Kingsbury, Manchester, Epping, Plymouth, Truro, Glas¬ 
gow, Leicester, Huddersfield, Worthing, Preston, Teign- 
mouth, &c., &c. 
The situations where it is found are chiefly in gardens, 
hovering on the blossoms of the phlox, petunia, carnation, 
marvel of Peru, &c. 
The dates of the appearance of the perfect insect are 
from the early part of August to September—August 10, 
12, 15, 22, 24, 26, 31. It has been taken as early as the 
8th of June, September 2, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 22. 
The caterpillar varies in colour from green to brown, with 
black dots surrounded with white, and with seven oblique 
streaks on the sides. 
The date of its appearance is July. 
It feeds on the lesser convolvulus or bind-weed 
