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The perfect insect appears in June, July, and August 
The caterpillar is greyish black, with a broad pale 
yellow line along the back, a large black prominence 
on the fifth segment, and a short black one on the twelfth. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
August, September, and October. 
It feeds on various plants. 
The chrysalis is found in a cocoon among moss, or 
in crevices of bark. 
ackonycta leporina. 
MILLER. 
Plate XLI. Pigure 7. 
Localities for this species are York, Rotherham, Pem- 
bury, Askham Bog, Langwith, Brighton, Canterbury, St. 
Osyth’s, West Wickham, Balcombe, Manchester, Bristol, 
Plymouth, Bere Forest, Sherwood Forest, Huddersfield, 
Stowmarket, Crewe, Lewes, Tenterden, Worthing, Derby, 
Lyndhurst, Preston, Glasgow, Carlisle, and near London. 
The situations where it is found are woods. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
The caterpillar is pale green, thickly covered with long 
white hairs, and a few dark ones on the second, third, 
fourth, eleventh, and thirteenth segments. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
August and September. 
It feeds on the birch. 
The chrysalis is found in a cocoon among moss or in 
crevices of bark. 
