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of Man, Lewes, Worcester, Worthing, Dover, Lower 

 Guiting, Bere Forest, Cambridge, Stowmarket, Birken- 

 head. 



The situations where it is found are woods. 



The perfect insect appears at the end of May, and in 

 June. 



The caterpillar is green dotted with whitish, and with a 

 dark green line bordered with whitish alorig the back, 

 and a whitish green one on either side below it; the 

 side line yellow. 



There is a reddish-grey variety. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July 

 and August. 



It feeds on the henbane (Hyoscijamus nigcr}, the rest- 

 harrow (Onoms arvensis), and the sandwort (Arenaria 

 verna). 



The chrysalis is found enclosed in a slight cocoon. 



HELIOTHIS PELTIGERA. 



BORDERED STRAW. 

 Plate LXVII. Figure 3. 



Localities for this species are Brighton, Plymouth, 

 Lower Guiting, Braunton Burrows near Barnstaple, 

 Newmarket, Cambridge. 



The situations where it is found are clover fields, etc. 



The perfect insect appears in June, July, and August. 



The caterpillar is green, with a blackish line along the 

 back, interrupted in the middle of each segment, and 

 another below it of pale green, the side line white. A 

 variety has a dull yellowish band on each segment. 



