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The situations where it is found are woods and gardens 
where elm trees grow. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
The caterpillar is whitish dotted with black, the sides 
bluish-grey. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in Sep¬ 
tember. 
It feeds on the elm. 
The chrysalis is attached by a slight web to a stem. 
L1GDIA ADUSTARIA. 
SCORCHED CARPET. 
Plate XXVII. Figure 6. 
This insect measures an inch ora little over in expanse. 
Male: fore wings white or pale cream-white, with a 
patch of dark purple-brown at the inner corner. Second 
line bent and waved, followed by a broad bar of purple 
brown running into the third line, which is only partially 
continued across, the outer margin is clouded with purple 
brown. Hind wings dull white with a light brown waved 
streak across, another fainter one within it, and some dots 
between it and the inner corner indicating a third; the 
margin the same colour. 
Localities for this species are York, Cambridge, Lewis¬ 
ham, West Looe, Sudbury, Newnham, Tenterden, Char- 
mouth, Killarney, Lower G-uiting, Lynton, Faversham, 
Pembury, Lewes, Plymouth, Brighton, Exeter, Dorking, 
Stowmarket, Halton, Lyndhurst, Barnstaple, Bristol, 
Ventnor. 
