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NOCTUA BATIS. 



PEACH BLOSSOM. 



Plate XL. Figure 2. 



Localities for this species are York, Beverley, Brighton, 

 Sutton-on-Derwent, Charmouth, Faversham, Darenth 

 Wood, Canterbury, Black Park, Dorking, Arundel, the 

 New Forest, Barnstaple, West Looe, Gloucester, Witney, 

 Monks Wood, Rotherham, Preston, Carlisle, Dumfries, 

 Kilmun, Stirling, Killarney. 



The situations where it is found are woods. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is reddish grey, mottled with brown, 

 with a rather large prominence on the back of the third 

 segment, and a smaller one on the sixth, seventh, eighth, 

 ninth, and tenth segments. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is Sep- 

 tember. 



It feeds on the bramble. 



CYMATOPHORA DUPLARIS. 

 LESSER SATIN CARPET. 



Plate XL. Figure 3. 



Localities for this species are York, Beverley, Darenth 

 Wood,Eipley near London, Plymouth, Brighton, Sheffield, 

 Petworth, the New Forest, Epping, Lewes, Preston, West 

 Wickham, Dingwall, Worcester, Worthing, Lyndhurst, 

 Stowmarket, Tenterden, Darlington, Lower Guiting, 

 Halton, Huddersfield, Burton-on-Trent, Scarborough, 

 Birkenhead. 



The situations where it is found are woods. 



