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The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
June. 
It feeds on the alder, the birch, &c. 
ENNOMOS TILIARIA. 
CANARY THORN. 
Plate XVIII. Figured. 
This insect measures about an inch and a half across. 
Male : fore wings a mixture of very deep yellow and 
rich brown, first line dark brown and slightly bent near 
the upper margin, second line also dark brown and 
curved. 
Localities for this species are York, Scarborough, Bris¬ 
tol, Hammersmith, Birkenhead, Cambridge, Darlington, 
Lewisham, Lewes, Sudbury, Preston, Brighton, Dumfries, 
Exeter, Lymington, Plymouth, Wavendon, Manchester, 
Stowmarket. 
The perfect insect appears at the end of August and 
in September. 
The caterpillar is brown mottled with darker brown 
and grey, with irregular streaks of pale buff, and with 
prominences on the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and 
tenth segments. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
June. 
It feeds on the birch, the oak, the lime, the alder, &c. 
This species comes to a light. 
