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brown dots within the outer margin. The antennae are 
pectinated. 
The female is paler than the male. 
Localities for this species, which is generally diffused 
through the country, though nowhere very abundant, are 
York, Crambe, Nun-Appleton, Bromsgrove, Faversham, 
Canterbury, Black Park, Mickleham, Barnstaple. 
The situations where it is found are woods and hedge 
sides. 
The perfect insect appears at the end of July and in 
August. 
The caterpillar is variable in its markings, the ground 
colour greyish-brown, more or less mottled with darker 
markings, and whitish and violet. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
April and May. 
It feeds on the whitethorn, the oak, the elm, and the 
blackthorn, &c. 
ENNOMOS ALNIARIA. 
Plate XVIII. Figure 8. 
This insect measures about two inches across. 
Male : fore wings pale yellow-frosted with brown, the 
first line dark brown and nearly straight, the second 
line slanting and bent. 
Localities for this species are Brighton, Margate, and 
the North Foreland. 
The perfect insect appears in Septembea. 
The caterpillar is brown mottled with whitish, with 
slight prominences on the seventh, tenth, and twelfth 
segments, and on the sides of the eighth. 
