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AECTIA FULIGINOSA. 
RUBY TIGER. 
Plate XL Figure 3. 
This insect measures from about one inch to nearly 
one inch and a half in width. Male : fore wings deep 
brownish red, with a black spot beyond the middle. 
Hind wings purple-red, with two black central spots, a 
broad dusky margin, the fringe red. 
Localities for this species are York, Charmouth, Bis- 
terne, Barnstaple, Peterborough, Manchester, Sheffield, 
Leeds, Falmouth, Dunoon, Thornhill in Dumfriesshire, 
Perth, &c. 
The situations where it is found are waste places, 
grassy cliffs, by the sea side, &c. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
The caterpillar is dusky yellowish-brown, with brown 
hairs. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
April, having lived through the winter from October. 
It feeds on the nettle (Urtica urens), the dock (Rumex 
pratensis ), the plantain (Plantago lanceolata ;), &c. 
ARCTIA MENDICA. 
MUSLIN MOTH. 
Plate XI. Figure 4. 
This insect measures from one inch and a quarter to 
rather over one inch and a half in expanse. 
Male : fore wings greyish dusky-black. Hind wings 
greyish dusky-black. 
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