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DIANTH^ECIA CARPOPIIAGA. 
TAWNY SHEARS. 
Plate LX. Figure 10. 
Localities for this species are York, Sutton-on-Derwent, 
Stockton Forest,Brighton,Faversliam, Sudbury,Yentnor, 
Bristol, Halton, Lewes, Edinburgh, Cambridge, Mickle- 
ham, and near London. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
The caterpillar is dark grey, with the line along the back 
whitish and broad, the line below it on each side pale 
grey; the side line pale grey; the head reddish, with two 
dark brown lines. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
August. 
It feeds on the bladder campion (Silene inflata). 
DIANTIliECIA CAPSOPHILA. 
Plate LX. Figure 11. 
Localities for this species are near Dublin. 
The situations where it is found are rocks on the sea 
coast. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
July and August. 
It feeds on the seed vessels of the sea campion (Silene 
maritima). 
The chrysalis is found at the root of the plant, enclosed 
in a cocoon of earth. 
