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Arundel, Rannoch, Isle of Mull, Huddersfield, Plymouth, 

 Shrewsbury, Chichester, Bowdon, Tenterden, Worthing, 

 Lewes, Ventnor, Manchester, Barnstaple, Weston-super- 

 Mare, Peterborough, and Boyd's Planting near Torwood. 



The situations where it is found are woods, gardens, 

 etc. 



The perfect insect appears in September and October, 

 and continues till February, March, and April; Feb- 

 ruary 14; 25. 



The caterpillar is dark green; the line on either side 

 of the back pale yellow; the side line, which is narrow, 

 yellow and edged with black; the spots yellow and white 

 edged with black. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 May and June. 



It feeds on various meadow and marsh plants. 



The chrysalis is found deep below the surface. 



CALOCAMPA EXOLETA. 

 LARGE SWORD-GRASS. 



Plate LXV. Figure 8. 



Localities for this formerly rare, but now common, and 

 finespecies are York, Doncaster, Sutton-on-Derwent,Lang- 

 with, Stockton Forest, Nunburnholme, Bromsgrove, Swin- 

 hope, Birkenhead, Crompton's Coppice near York, Newark, 

 Brighton, Burton-on-Trent, Dulwich, Lewisham, Carlisle, 

 Peterborough, Cambridge, Lower Guiting, Black Park, 

 Rannoch, Bowdon, Darlington, Edinburgh, Arundel, Ply- 

 mouth, Bristol, Exeter, Huddersfield, Kingsbury, Lewes, 

 Ventnor, Lyndhurst, Manchester, Shrewsbury, Worthing, 



