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The situations where it is found are sandy places on the 
margin of tidal rivers. 
The perfect insect appears in February, March, and 
April, and again in Jane and July. 
The caterpillar is green more or less dark, mottled with 
whitish, with a pale yellow stripe on each side, and a 
small black eye-like spot on the hindmost segments. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
May and June. 
It feeds on the yarrow (Achillea millefolia ), and other 
low plants. 
NYSSIA HISPIDARIA. 
SMALL BRINDLED BEAUTY. 
Plate XIX. Figure 6. 
This insect measures from one inch and a quarter to 
a little over in width. 
Male : fore wings dark greenish grey tinged with more 
or less of dull yellowish, the first line of a darker shade 
slightly curved, the second line still darker and more 
waved and bent, with between the two a central line of 
the same. Hind wings similar in colour but rather lighter, 
with a streak across. 
Localities for this species are Sandal Beat near Doncas¬ 
ter, Scarborough, Huddersfield, Manchester, Lyndhurst, 
Dunham Park. 
The situations where it is found are woods, on the 
trunks of oaks and other trees. 
