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a few dots; the central line slightly waved and dusky 
reddish-brown; third line also somewhat waved, composed 
in like manner of a row of faint dots ; the border of the 
wings a slight dark line. Hind wings pale dull reddish- 
buff crossed by a continuation, when the wings are ex¬ 
tended, of the central reddish-brown line, with a few 
faint dots, and within the fringe is a thin dark line. 
Localities for this species are York, Brighton, Birken¬ 
head, Tenterden, Worthing, Exeter, Stowmarket, Bristol, 
Cambridge, Pembury, Manchester, Newnham, Lyndhurst, 
Lewes. 
The situations where it is found are woods. 
The perfect insect appears at the end of May and in 
August. 
The caterpillar is green or yellowish-green, crossed with 
slanting pale yellow bands. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June 
and September. 
It feeds on the oak. 
The chrysalis is attached by a thread at the tail, and 
another round the body. 
EPHYRA TRILINEARIA. 
CLAY TRIPLE LINE. 
Plate XXII. Figure 9. 
This insect measures rather more than one inch across. 
Male: fore wings dull reddish-yellow; the first line is 
pale grey, dotted with a darker dusky colour and somewhat 
