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ACIDALIA ORNARIA. 
LACE BORDER. 
Plate XXIY. Figure 2. 
This insect measures about an inch across. 
Male: fore wings white. The second line is black, 
followed by a grey band in which are two tawny blots, 
one towards the outer, and the other towards the lower 
corner. Hind wings also with a rather broad border 
towards the outer corner formed of waved whitish and 
brownish spots and streaks, and edged with black through 
which runs a waved white line. 
Localities for this species are Box Hill, Faversham, 
Worcester. 
The perfect insect appears at the end of June and the 
beginning of July. 
The caterpillar is grey, with a reddish line on the back 
and another on the sides below it, and some short dark 
streaks between them. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
October? and in March. 
It feeds on the thyme. 
The chrysalis occurs underneath the ground. 
ACIDALIA PROMUTARIA. 
MULLEIN WAVE. 
Plate XXIY. Figure 3. 
This pretty insect measures from a little under an 
inch to a inch or rather over in width. 
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