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HYBERNIA AURANTIARIA. 
SCARCE USHER. 
Plate XXVII. Figure 11. 
This insect measures from an inch and a half to nearly 
one and three quarters in width. 
Male : fore wings dull yellowish red brown, powdered 
with a different shade. The first line is brown and nearly 
straight; second line also brown and slightly curved; 
central spot brown but rather indistinct; there is a row 
of brown dots on the outer margin, and sometimes a 
brown shade within it. Hind wings with a pale orange 
tinge and a central spot. 
The female is without wings. 
Localities for this species are York, Scarborough, Glas¬ 
gow, Worcester, Huddersfield, Exeter, Darlington, Hal ton, 
Edinburgh,Brighton,Manchester, Barnstaple, Lyndhurst, 
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Plymouth, Worthing, Stowmarket, 
Pembury, Bristol, Lewes, Aigburth near Liverpool. 
The perfect insect appears in October and November. 
The caterpillar is dull greyish-green, with a white line 
on each side below the back, the last segment dull yel¬ 
lowish, as are the legs and the head. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
May and June. 
It feeds on the oak, the birch, &c. 
The chrysalis occurs beneath the ground. 
