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across, and the space within the outer margin darker than 
the remainder. 
Localities for this rather common species are York, 
Charmouth, Faversham, Brighton, Glasgow. 
The situations where it is found are woods and lanes. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
EMMELESIA AFFINITARIA. 
RIVULET. 
Plate XXIX. Figure 1. 
This insect measures an inch or a little over in expanse. 
Male: fore wings dull greenish, crossed by several 
darker waved lines. Third line whitish and waved but 
most distinct near the upper margin ; central band also 
darker, followed by a broad white waved band with a thin 
grey line running through it. 
Localities for this species are York, Darlington, Scar¬ 
borough, Falmouth, Bristol, Walley,Lynton,Stowmarket, 
Brighton, Lewes, Manchester, Exeter, Durham, Poynings, 
Tenterden, Kingsbury, Birkenhead, Newnham, Preston, 
Faversham, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Barnstaple, West Looe. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
The caterpillar is dull white with a row of black dots 
on the sides. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
August. 
It feeds on the seeds of the red campion (Lychnis 
The chrysalis is enclosed in a cocoon of earth. 
