254 LIST OF LEPIDOPTERA. 



N.B. — This insect has of late years entirely disappeared from my hunting- 

 grounds at Stowmarket. (B.) 



74. N. plecta. — Abundant at sugar, and on nettles. The pupa also found 

 in profusion at roots of various trees. 



N.B.— Like A. putris, found in the pupa state in profusion at the roots of 

 trees, but never feeding upon them. It is exclusively a low feeder. Mr. 

 Stainton gives April as the month for finding this larva, but is in error. 

 It is full-fed in August and September, and is polyphagous upon low-growing 

 plants. (C.) 



75. N. C-nigrum. — Common at sugar, and on nettles. Double-brooded, I 

 think, as I have taken it at the beginning of July, and again in September. 



N.B. — Like my friend Mr. Greene, I have taken this insect in July, and 

 again in September and October, and have no doubt it is double-brooded. 

 (C.) 



76. iV T . triangulum. — Common at sugar. 



N.B. — The larva of this insect was most abundant in Hants., feeding in 

 May by night upon bramble and various underwood. (C.) 



77. N. rhomboidea. — Once at sugar. 



78. N. brunnea. — Bare, at light, and bred. 



N.B. — I also took this larva in profusion in May, by lantern-light, upon 

 various underwood. In Bucks, it is a perfect pest at sugar, coming in swarms 

 in July. (C.) 



79. N.f estiva. — In great profusion and variety at sugar, light, and on 

 nettles. Also frequently bred. 



N.B. — Abundant in the larva state in May upon underwood, principally 

 bramble and honeysuckle. (C.) 



80. N. bella. — Very common at light. 



N.B. — This insect must be double-brooded. I have beaten it in June, and 

 again in August and September. (C.) 



81. JSf. umbrosa. — -Common at light. 



82. N. baja. — Not uncommon. Occasionally at light and sugar, but more 

 frequently by breeding: the larva feeds on primrose, etc. 



N.B. — The larva, which closely resembles that of N. festiva, was common 

 in Hants., upon underwood at night, towards the end of May and beginning 

 of June. (C.) 



83. N. xanthograplia. — In aggravating profusion. The pupa may be some- 

 times found at roots of trees, and, when bred, it is often a pretty insect. 



N.B. — The larva of this insect is of a dirty whitey-brown colour, with two 

 rows of black dorsal spots. It hybernates and feeds up in the early spring. 

 It will feed on chickweed and many other low-growing plants. It is full-fed 

 about April; it then spins a cocoon just under the surface of the earth, 

 but does not assume the pupa state till the end of June or July. It 

 closely resembles those of the Leucanice. (C.) 



84. T.piniperda. — I met with only one imago of this species. I, however, 

 beat the truly beautiful larva not unfrequently from fir-trees in the woods 

 about Kesgrave. It is terribly exposed to the attacks of ichneumons. 

 Feeling tolerably certain of finding the pupa I neglected the larva, and was 



