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Lewisham, Lower Guiting, Halton, Canterbury, Carlisle, 
Lewes, Manchester, Plymouth, Stowmarket, Sevenoaks, 
Lyndhurst, Pembury, Tenterden, Worthing, Worcester, 
Newhaven, Swinhope, Speke, Hale, and Rainhill near 
Liverpool. 
The situations where it is found are woods and gardens. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
The caterpillar is green, with a white line and spots 
along the back, the side line yellow, with red dots. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
August. 
It feeds on the ash and the privet 
The chrysalis is found in a cocoon among moss or in 
crevices of bark. 
ACRONYCTA RUMiCIS. 
BRAMBLE MOTfl. 
Plata XLII. Figure 5. 
Localities for this common species are York, Sutton- 
on-Derwent, Askham Bog, Brighton, Derby, Bognor, 
Black Park, Faversham, Carlisle, Manchester, Dunoon, 
Stirling. 
The situations where it is found are woods, etc. 
The perfect insect appears in May, June, and July. 
The caterpillar is blackish, each segment black in front, 
with a white spot on the sides and an orange one in the 
middle of each; the side line white, spotted with reck 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
August and September. 
It feeds on various plants. 
