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MACARIDiE. 
MACARIA ALTERNARIA. 
SHARP-ANGLED PEACOCK. 
Plate XXV. Figure 8. 
This insect measures from a little over an inch to 
nearly an inch and a quarter across. 
Male : fore wings pale grey. The first line is grey but 
indistinct; second line grey but indistinct, and followed 
by a grey band tinged with yellowish-brown towards the 
upper margin, and with an indistinct dark spot in its 
middle ; central line grey but indistinct. 
Localities for this species are Lyndhurst, Brighton, 
Exeter. 
The perfect insect appears in July. 
The caterpillar is light green, with three triangular 
shaped reddish-brown marks on the sides at the middle. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
September. 
It feeds on the sallow. 
The chrysalis is enclosed in a cocoon placed on the 
surface of the ground. 
