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The caterpillar is brown, mottled with yellow along 

 the back, which has a series of slanting black spots, on 

 which are some conspicuous yellow spots; the side line 

 greyish yellow. 



It feeds on different low plants. 



The chrysalis is subterranean. 



NOCTUA FESTIVA. 



ENGRAILED CLAY. 



Plate LV. Figure 8. 



Localities for this species are York, Nunburnholme, 

 Sutton-on-Derwent, Stockton Forest, Charmouth,Bowdon, 

 Brighton, Falmouth, Darenth Wood, Bere Forest, Barn- 

 staple, Torwood, Stirling. 



The situations where it is found are woods, hedge- 

 sides, etc. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is reddish, with a slight mixture of dull 

 yellowish or grey, darker along the back, and with a 

 row of oblong blackish spots on each side below the 

 back, on the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, 

 eleventh, and twelfth segments. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 April and May. 



It feeds on various low plants. 



The chrysalis is found underneath the surface. 



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