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HYBERNIDiE. 
HYBERNIA RUPICAPRARIA. 
EARLY MOTH. 
Plate XXVII. Figure 9. 
This insect measures from a little over an inch to 
an inch and a quarter in expanse. 
Male: fore wings grey-brown ; the first line darker 
brown and curved ; second line also dark brown, curved, 
and waved, followed by a pale grey band, the dark line 
causing the semblance of a darker central shade; central 
spot blackish-grey and rather large. Hind wings grey- 
brown, with a dark greyish spot above the middle, and 
crossed by a grey-brown bar or streak. 
The female is without wings. 
Localities for this species are Edinburgh, Glasgow, 
York, Scarborough, Dunham Park, Tenterden, Plymouth, 
Manchester, Perth,Newcastle-on-Tyne, Lyndhurst, Stow- 
market, Newnham, Birkenhead, Darlington, Huddersfield, 
Exeter, Brighton, Lewes, Kingsbury, Bristol. 
The situations where it is found are hedge sides. 
The perfect insect appears in January and February. 
The caterpillar is bluish-green, the back pale green, 
with a white line below it on each side, and the front of 
each segment blackish-brown or dark green. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
May. 
It feeds on the blackthorn, the whitethorn, &c. . 
The chrysalis occurs beneath the surface of the ground. 
