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Female : fore wings semi-transparent and white, with 
eight, nine, or ten black spots irregularly disposed. 
Hind wings white and semi-transparent, and with five 
or six black spots. 
Localities for this species are Sandal Beat near Doncas¬ 
ter, Morton and Langwith near York, Huddersfield, Scar¬ 
borough, Chilham, Manchester, Exeter, Epping, Halton, 
Winchester, Stowmarket, Bristol, Sudbury, Cambridge, 
Plymouth, Lower Guiting, Teignmouth, Birkenhead, 
Tenterden, Lewes, Lymington, Darlington, Shrewsbury. 
The situations where it is found are open places in 
woods. 
The perfect insect appears in May and June. 
The caterpillar is greyish or greenish-brown, with a 
line along the back of a pale shade, the head reddish, 
the legs reddish. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
July, August, and September. 
The caterpillar feeds on the nettle (Urtica urens ), 
the plantain (Plantago lanceolata ;), the dock (Bumex 
vratensis ), &c. 
ARCTIA LUBRICIPEDA. 
BUFF ERMINE. 
Plate XI. Figure 5. 
This insect measures from one inch and a half to an 
inch and three quarters or more in width. 
Male: fore wings buff-yellow,more or less deep or pale, 
with two or three black spots near the inner corner, two 
near the middle of the front margin, and a slanting row 
of several others from the outer corner to the low T er 
