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It feeds on the seeds of the elm. 
The chrysalis is found below the surface. 
XANTHIA FERRUGINEA. 
BRICK-COLOURED MOTH. 
Plate LIX. Figure 8. 
Localities for this common species are York, Nunburn- 
holme, Sutton-on-Derwent, Coombe Wood, Faversham, 
The New Forest, Brighton, Bowdon, and Plymouth. 
The situations where it is found are gardens, woods, etc. 
The perfect insect appears in September and October. 
The caterpillar is pale reddish brown, with numerous 
small darker spots; the line along the back paler, most 
distinct on the hinder segments; the side line pale. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
April and May. 
It feeds on the young buds of the poplar. 
The chrysalis is found underneath the ground. 
CIRRjEDIA xerambelina. 
CENTRE-BARRED SALLOW. 
Plate LIX. Figure 9. 
Localities for this rare species are York, and near 
Howsham, where my brother Beverley It. Morris, Esq. 
took one, Scarborough, Worcester, Bromsgrove, where 
I, or one of my schoolfellows, once took one, Halton, 
Lewisham, Stowmarket, Darlington, Bristol, Cambridge, 
Ipswich, and Burton-on-Trent. 
