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The caterpillar is greenish white with a rather broad 

 yellow cross band on each segment, in which the spots 

 are black and large; a double row of large black spots 

 along the side line below the back, a black spot following 

 each spiracle, and two beneath it; prolegs black on the 

 upper part; the face yellowish spotted with blue. 



It feeds on the mullein ( Verbascum Blattaria), the 

 knotted figwort (Scrophularia nodosa), etc. 



The chrysalis is subterranean. 



CUCULLTA SCROPHULARI^E. 

 WATER-BETONY MOTH. 

 Plate LXVI. Figure 5. 



Localities for this handsome species are Brighton, Looe, 

 Plymouth, Exeter, Cambridge. 



The perfect insect appears in May. 



The caterpillar is greenish white, with a yellow band 

 on the back of each segment, and a row of large black 

 spots along the back, almost always united; there is a 

 double row of large black spots along the side line below 

 the back, a black spot following each spiracle, and two 

 beneath it; the face yellow. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 June and July. 



It feeds on the water betony (Scrofularia aquatica), 

 the knotted figwort (Scrophularia nodosa), and the moth- 

 mullein ( Verbascum Blattaria). 



The chrysalis is found under the soil enclosed in a 

 large cocoon. 



For this figure also I am indebted to Mr. Allis, of 

 York. 



