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The situations where it is found are moors. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
The caterpillar is green with white markings. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
May and June. 
It feeds on the stinging nettle ( Urtica urerts). 
The chrysalis is found in a cocoon of silk. 
GONOPTERIDiE. 
GONOPTEKIX LIBATRIX. 
HERALD. 
Plate LXIX. Figure 7. 
Localities for this common species are York, Anstey, 
NafFerton, Sutton-on-Derwent, Bromsgrove, Sandal Beat 
near Doncaster, Brighton, Nunburnholme, Falmouth, 
Bowdon, Marlow, etc., etc. 
The situations where it is found are gardens, woods, etc. 
The perfect insect appears in August and September, 
till again in March, April, May, and June. 
The caterpillar is velvet green, paler between the 
segments : on either side of the back is a yellow line 
edged beneath with black 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July. 
It feeds on the ash and the willow. 
The chrysalis is enclosed in a cocoon spun among the 
leaves on the tree. 
