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MACARIA LITURARTA. 
TAWNY BARRED ANGLE. 
Plate XXY. Figure 10. 
This insect measures from a little over an inch to an 
inch and a quarter across. 
Male : fore wings bluish-grey with a tinge of reddish 
purple, half line rather darkish grey. The first line 
darker grey but indistinct, darker near the upper margin; 
second line also darker grey, deepest towards the margin, 
and beyond it is a broad shade of tawny: central line 
darker grey but indistinct, the outer corner dotted on 
the margin with black. Hind wings pale bluish-grey 
crossed by a faint line of darker grey near the inner 
corner, followed by another across the middle, and another 
beyond it, the colour between these two latter being of a 
dull yellowish grey hue; the outer corner dotted on 
the margin with black. 
Localities for this species are York, Londesborough, 
Scarborough, Huddersfield, Black Forest, Buttercrambe 
Moor, Harrogate, Inverary, Worthing, Black Park, Perth, 
Manchester, Newham, Exeter, Edinburgh, Pembury, 
Lower Gruiting, Stirling, Brighton, Stowmarket, Bristol, 
Birkenhead, Wavendon, Bowdon, Lyndhurst. 
The situations where it is found are fir plantations 
and woods. 
The perfect insect appears in July, and is often to 
be seen at rest on the trunks of trees. 
The caterpillar is green, with a whitish line along the 
back, another below it, and another on the sides; the 
head brown. 
