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NATURAL HISTORYOF BRITISH MOTHS, 



DIANTH^ECIA CAPSINCOLA. 



LYCHNIS MOTH. 

 Plate LXL Figure 1. 



Localities for this species are York, Faversham, Brigh- 

 ton, Falmouth, Burton-on-Trent, Hammersmith, Bowdon, 

 Worcester, Bristol, Arundel, Stowmarket, Manchester, 

 Birkenhead, Plymouth, Lewes, Exeter, Sudbuiy, Hud- 

 dersfield, Edinburgh, Preston, Darlington, Cambridge. 



The perfect insect appears in June. 



The caterpillar is greenish grey, with a darker line 

 along the back, having a slanting streak from it on the 

 back of each segment, and a row of black spots on each 

 side of it; the line on each side below it indistinct; 

 the side line paler than the ground colour. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 July and August. 



It feeds on the Red Campion, (Lychnis dioicaj. 



DIANTH^ECIA CUCUHAL1. 



CAMPION MOTH. 

 Plate LXI. Figure 2. 

 Localities for this species are York, Lewes, Bidston, and 



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