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YPSIPETES ELUTARIA. 
JULY HIGHFLIER. 
Plate XXXI. Figure 13. 
Localities for this very common species are York, 
Xunburnliolme, Brighton, Humberstone, Faversham, Isle 
of Wight, Barnstaple, Arran, Falmouth, Bromsgrove, 
Charmouth. 
The situations where it is found are woods. 
The perfect insect appears in July and August. 
The caterpillar is dull yellow, with a pale yellow line 
on each side below the back, and under it two smaller 
ones : the side line yellow, with a reddish-brown spot in 
the middle of each segment. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
May and June. 
It feeds on the sallow, the alder, the bilberry, &c. 
The chrysalis is found among leaves. 
MELANTHIA RUBIGINARIA. 
BLUE BORDERED CARPET. 
Plate XXXI. Figure 14. 
Localities for this species are York, Sheffield, Faver¬ 
sham, Scarborough, Brighton, Simonswood near Liver¬ 
pool, Halton, Preston, Carlisle, Cambridge, Stowmarket, 
Lyndhurst, Kingsbury, Tenterden, Glasgow, Barnstaple, 
Newnham, Lower Guiting, Darlington, Edinburgh, Exe¬ 
ter, Manchester, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 
The situations where it is found are woods. 
