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is blackish and curved; second line also blackish and 
slightly waved; central shade dark grey; central spot 
blackish. Hind wings dull reddish-yellow, crossed by 
a slender line near the inner corner, and another clear 
slender one near the middle, with a conspicuous black 
spot near the former one. 
Localities for this species are York, Stowmarket, Lewes, 
Lewisham, Bristol, Faversham, Barnstaple, Pembury, 
Exeter, Newnham, Lyndhurst, Manchester, Kingsbury, 
Brighton, Halton, Plymouth, Tenterden. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July, the 
beginning. 
The caterpillar is dull yellowish, with a broad line 
along the back, scarcely showing on the front portion. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
July. 
It feeds on the bedstraw ( Galium verum ), the convol¬ 
vulus (Convolvulus major). 
The ^chrysalis occurs under the ground. 
TIMANDKA AMATARIA. 
BLOOD-VEIN. 
Plate XXY. Figure 1. 
This insect measures from a little over an inch to 
an inch and a quarter in width. 
Male : fore wings pale grey, with a streak of deep red 
running from the outer corner slantwise to the middle of 
the lower margin. The first line is very indistinct; third 
line grey and waved, slender and distinct: central spot 
blackish. Hind wings grey, crossed by a nearly straight 
