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The chrysalis is found underneath the surface of the 

 ground. 



TRIPHJEXA PRONUBA. 



YET, LOW UNDERWING. 



Plate LIV. Figure 5. 



Localities for this most abundant species are York, Sut- 

 ton-on-Derwent, Askham Bog, Nunburnholme, Anstey, 

 NafFerton, Brighton, Charmouth, Falmouth, Birkenhead, 

 Worcester, Bowdon, Bromsgrove, and near London. 



The situations where it is found are gardens, woods, 

 lanes, and hedgerows. 



The perfect insect appears in June, July, and August. 



The caterpillar is dull greyish or yellowish green, with 

 a paler line along the back, and another similar one on 

 the sides below it, the latter with some large blackish 

 spots above it on the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, 

 eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh segments; the side line 

 indistinct. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 April. 



It feeds on almost all low plants, the primrose, etc., etc. 



The chrysalis is found beneath the earth. 



NOCTUA GLAREOSA. 

 AUTUMNAL RUSTIC. 



Plate LIV. Figure 6. 



Localities for this species are York, Buttercrambe Moor, 

 Stockton Forest, Scarborough, Huddersfield, Brighton, Isle 



