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The situations where it is found are lanes and hedges. 
The perfect insect appears in March and April. 
SPILONOTA ACERINA. 
Plate LXXXY. Figure 15. 
Localities for this common and generally distributed 
species are Brighton, etc., etc. 
The situations where it is found are among poplar trees. 
The perfect insect appears in July. 
The caterpillar is dull brown, the hinder part paler than 
t he front, the second segment black; the head pale chesnut. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
April and May. 
It feeds on the young shoots of the poplar. 
SPILONOTA DEALBANA. 
Plate LXXXY. Figure 16. 
Localities for this also common and generallydistributed 
species are Brighton, etc., etc. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
It feeds on the oak and sallow. 
SPILONOTA NEGLECTANA. 
Plate LXXXY. Figure 17. 
Localities for this species are Brighton, Camberwell, 
Edinburgh, and near London. 
