CUCULLIA LYCHNITIS. 

 Plate LXVI. Figure 6. 



Localities for this very elegant species are Arundel, 

 Horndean, Henley, Marlow. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is pale dull yellowish white' or greenish 

 white, having on each segment a band of deep yellow, 

 with two black spots in front and a curved black band 

 behind; on the sides a row of black spots with another 

 below each, and two other spots slantwise below these; 

 the face yellow spotted with black. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 August and September. 



It feeds on the white mullein ( Verbascum lyclmitis). 



The chrysalis is found below the earth enclosed in a 

 large cocoon. 



CUCULLIA ASTERIS. 



STAR WO 11 T MOTH. 



Plate LXVI. Figure 7. 



Localities for this species are Brighton, Darenth Wpod, 

 Croydon, Fulham in Norfolk, Dulwich Wood, Canterbury, 

 West Wickham Wood, Birch Wood, Lewes, Bere Forest. 



The situations where it is found are woods. 



The perfect insect appears at the end of May and in 

 June. 



The caterpillar is bluish green or purplish, with a 

 yellow line edged with black along the back, and another 

 of the like colour on each side of it; the side line white 

 edged with black. 



