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ANISOPTERYX ^SCULARIA. 
MARSH MOTH. 
Plate XXVIII. Figure 1. 
This insect measures from an inch and a quarter to 
an inch and a half in width. 
Male : fore wings grey-brown. The first line is dark 
brown and waved, bordered on its inner side with a pale 
shade; second line much jagged, bordered on its outer 
edge with a whitish band; central spot dark brown, and 
high up on the wing. Hind wings grey, with an indistinct 
band, and a blackish-brown or dusky central spot. 
The female is without wings. 
Localities for this species, which is rather common, are 
York, Nunburnholme, Brighton, Faversham, Dunham 
Park, Edinburgh, Torwood. 
The situations where it is found are hedge sides. 
The perfect insect appears in March and April. 
The caterpillar is pale green mottled with a darker 
shade, a white line below the back on each side, and 
another pale one on the sides. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
May. 
It feeds on the blackthorn, the whitethorn, <fco. 
The chrysalis occurs under the ground. 
