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MELANIPPE SUBTRISTARIA. 
COMMON CARPET. 
Plate XXXII. Figure 7. 
Localities for this species are York, Brighton, Falmouth. 
The situations where it is found are woods and hedges. 
The perfect insect appears in May and August. 
The chrysalis is enclosed in a cocoon of earth. 
MELANIPPE MONTANARIA. 
SILVER-GROUND CARPET. 
Plate XXXII. Figure 8. 
Localities for this very common species are York, 
Brighton, Humberstone. 
The situations where it is found are hedge-sides, 
woods, etc. 
The perfect insect appears in May and August. 
The caterpillar is dull whitish, with several greyish- 
brown lines along it. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is April 
and May. 
It feeds on the primrose (Primula vulgaris). 
The chrysalis is enclosed in an earthen cocoon. 
