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Localitiesfor this species are Scarborough,Edinburgh, 
West Looe, Brighton, Farnham, Barnstaple, Birken¬ 
head, Parley Heath, Lyndhurst, the Hew Forest, Lewes, 
Ventnor, Charmouth, Portland, Lanferras, Bath, Exeter, 
Plymouth, Bristol, Matlock. 
The situations where it is found are hedge sides, &c. 
The perfect insect appears in July and August. 
The caterpillar is dull grey with a whitish line along 
the back on the front of each segment, and edged with 
dark grey. There are two small prominences on the 
twelfth segment. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
April and May. 
It feeds on the Rock Rose (Heliathemum vulgar e), 
the Salad Burnet (Poterium sanguisorba ), and different 
grasses, and hides itself during the day-time under 
stones, &c. 
The chrysalis is found under the ground. 
DASYDIA OBFUSCARIA. 
Plate XXI. Figure 6. 
This insect measures from an inch and a quarter to 
an inch and three quarters in width. 
Male: fore wings dark grey with a tinge of green; the 
first line is darker grey and slightly bent; second line 
dark grey slightly bent and jagged on the edge; the 
ceutral spot also dark grey, but paler in the middle. 
Localities for this species are Oban, Inverness, Inver, 
Sutherland, Arran, Rannoch, and Ardrossan. 
