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running nearly straight across, second line also dark 
olive-brown, indented on its inner side, and bounded by 
a narrow streak of white on the outer, central spot dark 
brown, whitish in the middle. Hind wings pale yellow¬ 
ish-brown, with a darker central spot and cross line. 
Localities for this species, which is widely distributed, 
are York, Canterbury, Stirling, Bromsgrove, Butter- 
crambe Moor, &c. 
The situations where it is found are lanes and hedge 
sides. 
The perfect insect appears in April, May, and June. 
The caterpillar is variously, like the three witches, grey, 
green, or brown, much variegated with darker markings; 
a row of diamond-shaped marks along the back. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
September and October. 
It feeds on the oak, willow, alder, &c. 
CROCALLIS ELINGUARIA. 
SCALLOPED OAK. 
Plate XVIII. Figure 7. 
This insect measures from a little under an inch and 
a half to not quite one and three quarters in width. 
Male : fore wings cream coloured, first line brown and 
nearly straight, second line brown and waved, but in 
some specimens more sharply curved than in others, the 
central shade darker than the rest of the wing, central 
spot dark brown ; there is a row of brown dots along the 
outer margin. Hind wings cream coloured, rather paler ' 
than the other, central spot brown, and there is a row of 
