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LARENTIDiE. 
CHEIMATOBIA BRUMARIA. 
WINTER MOTH. 
Plate XXYIII. Figure 2. 
This insect measures from a little over an inch to one 
and a quarter in expanse. 
Male: fore wings greyish-brown, crossed with several 
rather indistinct waved lines of a deeper tint, and a central 
shade also indistinct but rather darker than the ground 
colour of the wing. Hind wings paler greyish-brown, with 
very faint curved lines across. 
The female is without wings or nearly so. 
Localities for this abundant species are York, Nun- 
burnholme, Falmouth, Thornhill, Brighton, Faversham, 
Perth, Sidmouth. 
The situations where it is found are hedge sides. 
The perfect insect appears in October, November, and 
December. 
The caterpillar is pale green or yellowish, with some¬ 
times a blackish tinge, a yellowish-white line below the 
two back, and another on the sides; the head green. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
May. 
The chrysalis is placed in a slight cocoon beneath the 
ground. 
