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whitish streak,—the fringes pale dull yellowish, indented 
with pale dull reddish-brown. The antennae are slightly 
pectinated. 
Localities for this species are York, Lyndhurst, Barn¬ 
staple, Charlton, Kingsbury, Bristol, Poynings, Brighton, 
Exeter, Lower Guiting, West Rasen, Halton, Worthing, 
Nunburnholme, Stowmarket, Plymouth, Newnham, Pem- 
bury, Manchester, Lewes, Birkenhead, Cambridge, &c. 
The situations where it is found are woods and hedge 
sides. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
The caterpillar is yellowish-green ; the first, second, 
and third segments brownish, the fifth, sixth, seventh, 
eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth, with a black 
spot; the head brownish. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. 
It feeds on the oak and the whitethorn. 
The chrysalis is enclosed in a web among leaves. 
EPHYRIDJE. 
KPHYRA PORATA. 
FALSE MOCHA. 
Plate XXII. Figure 7. 
This insect, which is very variable in its colour and 
markings, measures a little over an inch in expanse. 
Male : fore wings pale reddish-buff freckled with dark 
grey and reddish-brown; the first line, which is composed 
of a row of dark grey dots, is slightly bent; second line 
