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XYLOPHASIA SCOLOPACINA. 
SLENDER CLOUDED BRINDLE. 
Plate XLYII. Figure 3. 
Localities for this species are Huddersfield, Sutton-on- 
Derwent, Carlisle, Lewisham, Barnstaple, Doncaster, 
Burton-on-Trent, Manchester, Stowmarket, Sherwood 
Forest, Marlow, Chesterfield, Carlisle, and near London. 
The perfect insect appears in July and August. 
The caterpillar is bluish grey, with a paler line along 
the back, and another on each side of it, the lower part 
of the sides pale yellow. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
May. 
It feeds on the rush of different kinds, as the club 
rush (Scirpus lacustris ), the quaking grass {Briza media), 
etc. 
The chrysalis is found underneath the surface, enclosed 
in a slight cocoon of earth. 
DIPTERYGIA PINASTRI. 
BIRDS-WING. 
Plate XLYII. Figure 4. 
Localities for this species are Ampfield, Lewes, Black 
Park, Lewisham, Worcester, Stowmarket, Kingsbury, 
Dorking, Manchester. 
The situations where it is found are gardens, etc., 
near pine plantations. 
