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the whole of the wing. The first line is darker brown; the 
second line is darker brown, and both near together; cen¬ 
tral line darker brown. Hind wings dull brown, the 
margin darkest. 
Localities for this species are York, Birkenhead, Lewes, 
Manchester, Faversham, Brighton, Newnham, Worcester, 
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Chatham, Lyndhurst, Huddersfield, 
Darlington, Tenterden, Stowmarket, Pembury, Bristol, 
Cambridge, Lower GJ-uiting. 
The situations where it is found are woods and lanes. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
The caterpillar is yellowish-green, with a pale yellow 
line along the back, and another on the sides, with yellow 
spots and streaks on the segments. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
September. 
It feeds on the alder. 
The chrysalis is enclosed in a slight cocoon, laid on 
the surface of the ground. 
VENUSIA CAM BRICARI A. 
WELSH WAVE. 
Plate XXIII. Figure 6. 
This insect measures from an inch to nearly an inch 
and a quarter in expanse. 
Male: fore wings pale clear greyish-white, with a black 
line a little within the upper margin running through the 
cross lines. The first line is black, with a paler one bor¬ 
dering it, the two filled up with a dark shade and curved, 
with three black spots; the second line, also a double one 
and filled up with a dark shade, much waved and black, 
