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The caterpillar is pale green. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
September. 
It feeds on the bireh. 
The chrysalis is enclosed in a case of earth or among 
moss. 
CABERA EXANTHEMARIA. 
COMMON WAVE. 
Plate XXY. Figure 4. 
This insect measures an inch to an inch and a quarter 
in expanse. 
Male: fore wings dull white, covered all over with a 
dusting of dull yellow speck. The first line is dull yel¬ 
lowish-brown and slightly curved, second line dull yel¬ 
lowish-brown and slightly curved and indented, third line 
also dull yellowish-brown. Hind wings d ull white frosted 
all over with dull yellowish, and crossed by two very 
faint dull yellowish-brown waved lines. 
Localities for this species, which is extensively dis¬ 
tributed throughout the country, are Buttercrambe Moor, 
Humberstone. 
The situations where it is found are w r oods. 
The perfect insect appears in May and again in August. 
The caterpillar is yellowish-green, the back the darkest, 
and with reddish-brown spots on it sometimes; on the 
sides a white line. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
June and September. 
