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It feeds on the sallow. 
The chrysalis is placed in an enclosure of earth, or 
under moss. 
CORYCIA TEMERARIA. 
CLOUDED SILVER. 
Plate XXY. Figure 5. 
This insect measures an inch or a little over in expanse. 
Male: fore wings grey-white, with a narrow grey blot 
between the inner corner and the middle of the lower 
margin. The first line is indicated by distinct black dots; 
second line also a row of black dots; third line black, nar¬ 
row, and much waved, darkest near the upper margin ; 
central spot black, forming the base of a distinct black 
patch, running into the upper margin, forming part of the 
central line; the outer margin with a black patch. Hind 
wings grey-white, with a central black mark and a rather 
faintish central line across, the lower and outer margin 
dotted with small black specks; .the fringes white. 
Localities for this species are York, Exeter, Faversham, 
Barnstaple, Birkenhead, Oxford, Newnham, Wisbeach, 
Preston, Tenterden, Worcester, West Looe, Lyndhurst, 
Lower Guiting, Brighton, Cambridge, Manchester, Black 
Park, Killarney, Pembury. 
The perfect insect appears in May and June. 
The caterpillar is bright green, with a row of red spots 
along the back; the head also reddish. 
It feeds on the sloe or wild plum, and the wild cherry. 
The chrysalis is found on the surface of the earth! 
