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HECATERA DYSODEA. 
RANUNCULUS MOTII. 
Plate LXI. Figure 4. 
Localities for this species are Faversham, Canterbury, 
Brighton, Lewisham, Worcester, Stowmarket, Plumstead, 
Cambridge, Sudbury. 
The perfect insect appears in July. 
The caterpillar is dull brown, or reddish green, with 
a darker line along the back; the side line pale green, 
edged above with darker brown ; the spots black. 
The caterpillar appears in July and August. 
It feeds on the buds and flowers of the lettuce. 
The chrysalis is found in a cocoon below the earth. 
HECATERA SERENA. 
BROAD-BARRED WHITE. 
Plate LXI. Figure 5. 
Localities for this species are Stockton near York (?) 
Brighton, Wallasey near Birkenhead, Cambridge, Rei- 
gate, Darlington, Lewisham, Halton, Shrewsbury, Lewes, 
Darenth Wood, Stowmarket, Dover, Plymouth, Yentnor, 
Wavendon, Worthing, Lynton, Sudbury. 
The situations where it is found are woods. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
The caterpillar is grey, with a dark grey spot of a 
squareshape on the middle of each segment along the back ; 
