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HYBERNIA PROGEMMARIA. 
DOTTED BORDER. 
Plate XXVII. Figure 12. 
This insect measures from a little over an inch and a 
quarter to above an inch and a half in width. 
Male: fore wings dull yellowish-brown with more or 
less of a tinge of reddish and dotted with brown, the half 
line brown. First line darker brown, rather broad and 
straight; second line also darker brown, narrow and 
slightly curved, the space between it and the outer margin 
darker than the rest of the wing; central spot brown 
but very indistinct. There is a row of black dots on the 
outer margin. Hind wings whitish, or pale yellowish 
freckled brown, with a small brown central spot and nar¬ 
row brown waved line; the outer margin rather darker 
than the remainder, and dotted with black specks. 
The female is without wings. 
Localities for this common species are York, Nunburn- 
holme, Bromsgrove, Swinhope, Brighton. 
The situations where it is found are hedge sides. 
The perfect insect appears in February and March. 
The caterpillar is dull yellowish mottled with brown, 
with a brown line on each side below the back, and 
another on the sides. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. 
It feeds on the birch, the oak, &c. 
The chrysalis is found beneath the ground. 
