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Anstey, Falmouth, Bowdon, Stowmarket, Barnstaple, 

 Bristol, Lower Guiting, Shrewsbury, Ely, Burton-on- 

 Trent, Darlington, Tenterden, Rotherham, Edinburgh, 

 Kingsbury, \Vavendon, Exeter, Huddersfield, Lewes, 

 Falkirk, Manchester, Plymouth. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is pale green with waved yellowish 

 white lines on each side of the back; the side line 

 yellowish white. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 

 April and June. 



It feeds on the stinging nettle ( Urtica urens), the 

 groundsel (Senecio vulgaris), and the honeysuckle. 



PLUSIA V-AUREUM. 

 Plate LXIX. Figure 4. 



Localities for this species are York, Frankby near 

 Birkenhead, Manchester, Falmouth, Bristol, Darlington, 

 Scarborough, Lynton, Burton-on-Trent, Shrewsbury, 

 Edinburgh, Rotherham, Cambridge, Exeter, Huddersfield, 

 Worcester, Stowmarket, Bowdon, Lower Guiting, Lewes, 

 Kingsbury. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



The caterpillar is green; the side line yellow. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. 



It feeds on the stinging nettle ( Urtica urens), and the 

 stingless nettle ( Urtica dioica), the groundsel (Senecio 

 vulgaris}, etc., etc. 



The chrysalis is found in a cocoon of silk. 



