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It feeds on the bramble, the birch, the sloe, the spin 
die, &c. 
The chrysalis is found under the ground. 
boarmia rhomboidaria. 
WILLOW BEAUTY. 
Plate XX. Figure 5. 
This insect, which is another very variable one, mea¬ 
sures from an inch and a half to one and three quarters 
in expanse. 
Male : fore wings brownish-grey, mottled with darker. 
The first line blackish-brown and a little bent, the second 
line also blackish-brown and a little bent near the upper 
margin, central line indistinct, central spot blackish-brown, 
third linealso indistinct,nearly following theoutermargin. 
Hind wings also brownish-grey with two thin dentated 
lines across, and another within the outer margin near the 
lower corner. 
Localities for this species, which is very common all 
over the country, especially in the south, are York, and to 
the Cumbraes in Scotland. 
The situations whe^?, it is found are lanes, hedge-sides, 
and woods. 
The perfect insect appears in June and Jnly. 
The caterpillar is brownishoryeliowish-grey, withsmall 
prominences and a row of spots of a darker shade along 
the back, and a greyish-yellow line on the sides. 
