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bent; second line also pale grey and slightly bent; central 
line, which is broader than the others, dark reddish-grey, 
and placed nearer the second line than the first; central 
spot white, but not very distinct. Hind wings dull 
reddish-yellow crossed by three lines of adark dusky colour. 
Localities for this species are Scarborough, Newnham, 
Lewes, Brighton, Black Park, Dursley, Norbury Park, 
Manchester, Pembury, Lyndhurst, Halton. 
The situations where it is found are woods. 
The perfect insect appears in May and August. 
The caterpillar is of a general reddish-brown colour, 
with yellow markings. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
June (?) and September. 
It feeds on the beech. 
The chrysalis is affixed by a thread at the tail, and 
another round the body. 
EPHYRA OMICRONARIA. 
MOCHA. 
Plate XXII. Figure 10. 
This pretty insect measures from a little over three 
quarters of an inch to about an inch in expanse. 
Male: fore wings very pale yellowish or buff-white; the 
first line, which is rather dark yellowish-brown, is much 
waved; second line also brown, waved, and indented, with 
a broad border of yellowish-brown ; third line a paler 
shade of the same; central spot a ring of yellowish-brown 
like an 0, whence the specific name. Hind wings pale 
yellowish or buff-white, crossed near the inner corner by a 
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