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GEOMETRY -URAPTERIDiE. 
OURAPTERYX SAMBUCARIA. 
SWALLOW-TAIL MOTH. 
Plate XVII. Figure 1. 
This insect measures from about an inch and three 
quarters to nearly two and a half across. 
Male: fore wings pale sulphur-yellow, crossed more or 
less with very fine short streaks of pale olive, first line 
pale olive, second line pale olive. Hind wings pale sul¬ 
phur-yellow, with a pale olive line across, and a short 
tail, at the base of which are two dark brown spots. 
Localities for this very common species are York, 
Worcester, Charmouth, Nunburnholme, Falmouth, Naf- 
ferton, Charlton, West Wickham, Carlisle, Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne, &c. 
The situations where it is found are gardens and hedge 
sides. 
The perfect insect appears in July and August. 
The caterpillar is yellowish or reddish-brown, with 
paler streaks. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
October and November. 
It feeds on the oak, the bramble, the ivy, the elder, 
&c. 
This is a very fast and random-dying moth, and one 
which therefore requires some little care to capture. 
