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Gainsborough, Halton, Hastings, Burton-on-Treut, Hud¬ 
dersfield, Lewes, Manchester, Ryde, Rugby, Lyndhurst, 
Pembury, Worthing, Worcester, Sheffield, Shrewsbury, 
Wavendon, Wentworth near Rotherham, Howsham, Scar¬ 
borough, Liverpool, Colnethorpe Wood near Witney, and 
Speke Hall near Liverpool. 
The situations where it is found are gardens, woods, 
&c. 
The perfect insect appears in May, June, July, and 
August; May 27, 28 ; June 6, 12 ; August 4, 24. It 
has also been known to emerge from the chrysalis in 
September; September 8. 
The caterpillar is purple black, with a square spot on 
the back of the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, 
eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth segments,and 
two long black hairs or spines, with a spade-shaped club 
or tip on each segment. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
July, August, and September; July 27, 30; August 1,11. 
It feeds on the alder. 
The chrysalis is found in a cocoon among moss or in 
crevices of bark. 
ACRONYCTA LIGUSTRI. 
CORONET. 
Plate XLII. Figure 4. 
Localities for this species are York, Naffer ton, Stockton 
Forest, Brighton, Bere Forest, Ventnor, Birch Wood, West 
Looe, Bristol, Cambridge, Exeter, Darenth Wood, West 
Wickham,Malvern, Peterborough,Black Park, Doncaster, 
