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The perfect insect appears in June, July, and August. 
The caterpillar is pale green, with a dark green line 
alone: the back, and a line on each side beneath it of 
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yellowish-green. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. 
It feeds on the alder. 
The chrysalis is found among leaves or in a cocoon of 
earth. 
MELANTHIA OCELLARIA. 
PURPLE BAR. 
Plate XXXI. Figure 15. 
Localities for this abundant species are York, Brighton, 
Iiumberstone, Faversham, Exeter, Bristol, Isle of Man, 
Glasgow. 
The situations where it is found are woods. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
The caterpillar is brown, with white lines on the sides. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June 
and September. 
It feeds on the bedstraw (Galium verum). 
The chrysalis is found between leaves, or in a cocoon of 
earth. 
MELANTniA ALBICILLARIA. 
Plate XXXII. Figure 1. 
Localities for this species are York, Rotherham, Scar¬ 
borough, Blean Woods near Canterbury, Fairbrook, Faver¬ 
sham, Brighton, Hale near Liverpool, Manchester, Black 
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