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raised spots emit short tine pale brown liairs ; undersurface 

 of a paler duller shade than the back and sides ; legs brown. 

 (0. Fenn.) 



August to "May on dock, chickweed, groundsel, plantain, 

 knotgrass, strawberry, lettuce, vetch, Gcnm and other low- 

 growing plants ; feeding at night and concealing itself by 

 day under dead leaves, stones or herbage on the surface of 

 the ground. 



Pupa short, thick, red-brown ; in an earthen cccoon. 

 (Hofmann.) Apparently not more fully described. 



^Vith us the moth hides in the daytime among dead leaves 

 and herbage upon the ground, but Guenee states that it will 

 fly in the daytime if disturbed from among bushes. So far 

 as I know this habit has not been observed here — possibly it 

 may occur in very hot weather. At dusk it comes freely to 

 sugar and to the blossoms of raspberry, snowberry, and 

 ragwort, and also occasionally, later at night, to light. 

 Very common in woods all over the South of England except 

 in Devon and Cornwall, where it seems to be scarce, and in 

 moderate numbers in the open country ; common also in the 

 Eastern Counties, but very local or scarce in the Midlands ; 

 moderately common in Herefordshire, Lancashire, and 

 Cheshire ; rare in Yorkshire, and found in Lincolnshire, 

 Durham, Northumberland and Cumberland. Also in South 

 Wales to Pembrokeshire, and in North Wales at Barmouth 

 and probably elsewhere. In Scotland it becomes common 

 again, especially so in Ross-shire and Moray, and is recorded 

 by Dr. Buchanan White in the districts of the Tweed, Forth, 

 Tay, Dee, Solway, Clyde, Argyle, and in the Hebrides. In 

 Ireland widely distributed in wooded districts, recorded from 

 Waterford, Kerry, Connemara, Sligo, Louth, Belfast, and 

 commonly in Armagh. Abroad it ranges through the 

 temperate regions of Northern Europe, Central Europe, 

 Northern Italy, Bulgaria, and Southern Russia. 



