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It feeds on the roots of grasses and other low plants. 
The chrysalis is found beneath the surface, in a slight 
cocoon of earth. 
This species comes much to a light. 
XYLOPHASIA HEPATICA. 
CLOUDED BRINDLE. 
Plate XLVII. Figure 2. 
Localities for this species are York, Sutton-on-Derwent, 
Brighton, Darenth Wood, Black Park, Bere Forest, Flint, 
Kingston in Kent, Lyndhurst, Stowmarket, Worcester, 
Tenterden, Worthing, Wavendon, Plymouth, Manchester, 
Bristol, Burton-on-Trent, Darlington,Cambridge, Exeter, 
Halton, Huddersfield, Kingsbury, Lewes, Hargrave 
Hall near Birkenhead, Hale and Croxteth near Liverpool. 
The situations where it is found are gardens, woods, etc. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
The caterpillar is dull grey, marbled with darker, 
and with a whitish line along the back. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
April and May. 
It feeds on the roots of several low plants. 
The chrysalis is found in a slight cocoon of earth 
under the ground. 
