about the skirts of woods, from the middle of June to the 

 niicldle of July : the caterpillar (which is copied from Roesel) 

 is remarkable for its gibbosity, and the bifid tubercle upon 

 the back, towards the head ; it feeds upon the bramble. 



Noctua derasa Linn, (figured in Donovan's Brit. Ins. v. 7. 

 p. 223. f. 1.), the other British species comprised in the genus 

 Thyatira is also very beautiful, and of more frequent occur- 

 rence than T. Batis ,- it is found in the same situations, from 

 the beginning of July to the 1st week in August. 



The plant figured is Rubus fridicosus (Common Bramble). 



