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The perfect insect appears in June ; has been taken in 
September. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
July and August. 
It feeds on the oak. 
The engraving is from a specimen obligingly lent by 
Mr. T. H. Allis, of York, for the use of this work. 
LIMBATiE.—CATOCALIDiE. 
CATOCALA FRAXINI. 
CLIFDEN BEAUTY. CLIFDEN NONPAREIL. 
Plate LXXI. figure 1. 
Localities for this magnificent species are Scarborough, 
Hull, Beverley, Burlington, Bolton, Laughhall Massey 
and Upton near Birkenhead, Hammersmith, Birch Wood, 
Shalford near Guildford, Lowestoft, Chichester, Clifden, 
Brighton, Bowdon, Arundel, Burton-on-Trent, W orthing, 
Yarmouth, Manchester. 
The perfect insect appears at the end of August, and 
in September. 
The caterpillar is of a greyish colour powdered with 
black ; underneath it is whitish ; there is a small prom¬ 
inence on the ninth and twelfth segments ; the prolegs 
pinkish white. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
July. 
It feeds on the poplar, the aspen, and the ash. 
