138 
Localities for this species are Southchurch, Southend, 
St. Osyth, and Deal. 
The perfect insect appears in July. 
The caterpillar is greyish-brown, with prominences on 
the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth segments. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is at the 
end of May and beginning of June. 
The chrysalis is placed in a cocoon among moss. 
NEMORIA VIRIDATA. 
SMALL GRASS EMERALD. 
Plate XXII. Figure 2. 
This insect measures from a little over three quarters 
of an inch to about one inch in expanse. 
Male: fore wings green sometimes more or less tinged 
with yellowish; the first line is whitish but indistinct and 
curved; second line nearly straight and whitish. 
Localities for this species are Morecambe, Lancaster, 
Worcester, Lyndhurst in the New Forest, and Barnstaple. 
The perfect insect appears in May and June. 
The caterpillar is dull reddish-yellow with a darker line 
along the back, and two points on the top of the second 
segment. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
September. 
It feeds on the bramble and the whitethorn. 
The chrysalis is found between leaves. 
