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terbury, Brighton, Horndean, Stowmarket, Worthing, 
Bristol, Worcester, Exeter, Lower Guiting, Shrewsbury, 
Crew r e, Carlisle, Halton, Epping, Lew r es, Lyndhurst, 
Chat Moss, Manchester, Tenterden, Birch Wood and 
Simonswood Moss near Liverpool, Wavendon, Castle 
Eden Dene. 
The situations where it is found are birch plantations. 
The perfect insect appears in March, April, May, 
June, July, and August. 
The caterpillar is pale brown and yellowish, with spots 
and clouds of darker brown, the third, and fourth, and 
twelfth segments with two protuberances. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
June and September. 
It feeds on the birch. 
DREPANULA S1CULA. 
Plate XXXYI. Figure 2. 
Localities for this species are Brighton, and Leigh 
Wood near Bristol. 
The perfect insect appears at the end of May, and in 
June. 
The caterpillar is reddish-brown, with a broad pale 
yellow stripe spotted with brown along the back, the spots 
most abundant on the second, third, and fourth segments, 
the last named having also two protuberances on it. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May 
and June. 
It feeds on the oak, the lime, and the birch. 
