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ASPILATES GILVARIA. 
STRAW BELLE-MOTH. 
Plate XXVII. Figure 3. 
This insect measures from rather over an inch to nearly 
an inch and a half in width. 
Male : fore wings pale yellowish, slightly freckled with 
pale brown ; third line brownish grey, slanting from the 
outer corner to near the lower margin; central spot 
brownish-grey. Hind wings pale dull yellowish slightly 
dusted, and with a central brownish-grey dot, and a slight 
waved band more or less distinct. 
Localities for this species are Box Hill, Barnstaple, 
Ipswich, Exeter, Deal, Dover. 
The perfect insect appears in August. 
The caterpillar is of a whitish colour, with a faint tinge 
of pink, a line below the back and another on the sides 
of reddish-grey, with two projections or spines on the 
hindmost segment. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. 
It feeds on the yarrow (Achillcea millefolium). 
The chrysalis is enclosed in a cocoon of earth. 
