AGROTIS PORPHYREA. 



TRUE-LOVER'S KNOT. 



Plate LIU. Figure 3. 



Localities for this species are York, Langwith, Aller- 

 thorpe Common, Stockton Forest, Lewes, Black Park, 

 Birkenhead, Lynton, Bristol, Exeter, Rudheath, Edin- 

 burgh, Huddersfield, Lyndhurst, Manchester, Terterden, 

 Scarborough, Shrewsbury, Wavendon, Leeds, Reigate. 



The situations where it is found are heaths. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is reddish orange, with a row of con- 

 spicuous white spots along the back, edged with blackish; 

 the head brown. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 August. 



It feeds on heath. 



The chrysalis is found underneath the ground. 



AGROTIS PR^ECOX. 



DUCHESS OF PORTLAND. 



Plate LIU. Figure 4. 



Localities for this rather rare species are Nunburnholme, 

 Portland. Lytham, Birkenhead, Edinburgh, Manchester, 

 New Brighton, Shrewsbury. 



The situations where it is found are gardens, and on 

 the sea- coast. 



The perfect insect appears in August. 



