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plecta, Noctua. (Flame Shoulder) 



L. 6-7 and 8-9. 

 rivata, Xanthorhoe. (Wood Carpet) 



L. 7-8. Night feeder. 



gamma, L. } Plusia. (Silver Y) 



L. 5-9. General feeder on low plants, preferring 

 Arctium, Geranium, Humulus, Lamium, 

 Sonchus, Urtica. 



P. In a whitish cocoon under leaves. 



I. Spring immigrants, and 8, from eggs laid by 



these. Flies amongst rough herbage by 

 day. Comes to light and to flowers of 

 Phlox, Melancholy Thistle, and Lobel's 

 Catchfly. 



0. 7. Laid singly. 



Garden Carpet, (fluctuata, L., Xanthorhoe (Melanippe)) 

 Garden Dart, (nigricans, L., Agrotis (Euxoa)) 

 Garden Mignonette. (Reseda odorata) 



Garden Pea. (Pisum) 



baeticus, Lampides. (Long-tailed Blue) 

 L. (?) On the green seeds. 



Garden Rocket. (Hesperis matronalis) 



Garden Tiger, (caja, L., Arctia) 



Gastropacha. Genus includes quercifolia. 



Gatekeeper, (tiihonus, L., Epinephele) 



Gem. (fluviata, Hb., Percnoptilota (Camptogramma)) 



gemina, Hb., Apamea. (Dusky Brocade) 



L. 8-3, 4, or 5. Hibernates at roots of grasses when 



quite young. Night feeder on Gramineae 



in moist spots. 

 P. 4-6. Below ground. 



1. 6-7. Comes to light. 



0. Laid 7-8 on grass culms. 



geminipuncta, Hatch., Nonagria. (Twin-spotted Wainscot) 

 L. 5-6. Internal feeder on Phragmites. 



