LARV/E AND FOOD-PLANTS. 37 



Noctua festiva. 



Polygonum avkulare — Knot-grass. In confinement. 

 Salix cincrea — (Sallow). 

 ,, Caprea — (Sallow). 

 Also on various low plants. 



Noctua festiva v.conflua. 



Silene acaiihs — Moss Campion. Po!3'phagous. 



Noctua dahlii. 



Plantago — Plantain. 



Runiex — Dock. In confinement, after hybernation. 



Crataegus Oxyacantha — Whitethorn. In confinement, after 

 hybernation. 



Rubiis fridicosus — Bramble. In confinement, after hyberna- 

 tion. 



Also on various low plants. 



Noctua subrosea. 



Myrica Gale — Sweet Gale. 

 Salix alba — White Willow. In confinement. 

 1) fragilis — Crack \Villow. In confinement. 



Noctua rubi. 



Salix repetis — Dwarf Sallow. 



Plantago— V\-3.x\\.-a!\x\. In confinement. 



Rutnex — Dock. 



Lamium album — White Dead-nettle. In confinement. 



Also on grasses and various low plants. 



Noctua umbrosa. 



Scilla nutans — Squill ; Blue-bell. On the seeds. 

 Poa annua — Annual Meadow-grass. 

 Rumex — Dock. In confinement. 



Plantago lanceolata — Narrow-leaved Plantain. In confine- 

 ment. 

 Galium Mollugo — Hedge Bedstraw. In confinement. 

 Also on other grasses and low plants. 



Noctua baia (baja). 



Salix repent — Dwarf Sallow. 



Vacciniutn Myrtillus — Whortleberry ; Bilberry. 



Plantago — Plantain. In confinement. 



Rumex — Dock. In confinement. 



Lamium album — White Dead-nettle. In confinement. 



Also on various low plants. 



Noctua sobrina. 



Vacciniitm Myrtillus — Whortleberry ; Bilberry. 

 Crataegus Oxyacantha — Whitethorn. In confinement. 



