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Newnham, Manchester, Pembury,Worthing, Lymington, 
Lower Guiting, Hal ton, Brighton. 
The perfect insect appears in August and September. 
The caterpillar is grey shaded with brown, with promi¬ 
nences on the sixth, seventh, and ninth segments, the two 
former having them on the sides also, and two on the 
twelfth segment. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. 
It feeds on the oak, &c. 
EIMERA PENNARIA. 
FEATHERED THORN. OCTOBER MOTH. 
Plate XIX. Figure 3. 
This insect measures more than an inch and three 
quarters across. 
Male : fore wings pale reddish-brown with a tinge of 
grey; the first line, which is dark blackish-brown followed 
on the outside edge by a streak of a pale shade, is rather 
bent; the second line much less so. The central spot 
blackish-brown, and there is a white spot near the outer 
corner. Hind wings rather paler in colour. The antennm 
are very widely pectinated. 
Female: fore wings paler than in the male, but the 
markings are similar, except that there is no white mark 
at the outer corner. Hind wings also paler, with a dark 
central dot. 
Localities for this species are York, Scarborough, Hud¬ 
dersfield, Rawmarsh, Buttercrambe Moor, Lower Guiting, 
Darlington, Manchester, Edinburgh, Stowmarket, Lewes, 
Lymington, Darenth Wood, Sidmouth, Plymouth, Black 
