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The perfect insect appears in May and June; also in 
August. 
The caterpillar is reddish brown, with a dark brown 
stripe along the back on the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, 
and tenth segments; the second, third, and fourth seg¬ 
ments with a yellow line on each side, meeting on the 
back of the fifth, the fourth segment having a raised 
prominence on it. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June 
and September. 
It feeds on the beech. 
CILTX SPINULA. 
CHINESE CHARACTER. GOOSE-ECG. 
Plate XXXYI. Figure G. 
Localities for this species are Nunburnholme, York, 
Sutton-on-Derwent, Bromsgrove, Worcester, Humber- 
stone, Brighton, Falmouth, Bisterne, Dorking. 
The situations where it is found are hedge sides and 
woods. 
The perfect insect appears in May, June, and August. 
The caterpillar is dull chocolate brown, with promi¬ 
nences on the third and fourth segments. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is at the 
end of May, in June, and on to the end of July. 
It feeds on the blac:kthorn and the whitethorn. 
