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The caterpillar is dull greyish brown, with a whitish 
line along the back, and another of the same colour on 
either side below it, and a dark stripe. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
April and May. 
It feeds on the birch, and on grass, and other low 
plants. 
The chrysalis is found below the surface of the earth. 
APLECTA ADYENA. 
PALE-SHINING-BROWN. 
Plate LXIII. Figure 4. 
Localities for this species are York, Nunburnliolme, 
Sutton-on-Derwent, Nafferton, Brighton, Black Park, 
Faversham, Canterbury, Bristol, Cambridge, St. Osyths, 
Lower Guiting, Darlington, Ventnor, Edinburgh, Lewes, 
Halton, Sudbury, Chester, Kingsbury, Carron, Lynd- 
hurst, Tenterden, Worthing. 
The situations where it is found are gardens, etc. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
The caterpillar is pale greyish brown, with a pale 
line and a row of angular-shaped spots with dark edges 
along the back, and another similar one on the side; 
the spots black. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
March and April. 
It feeds on various low plants. 
The chrysalis is found beneath the ground. 
