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The chrysalis is found in a cocoon among moss or in 
crevices of bark. 
ACRONYCTA AURICOMA. 
SCARCE DAGGER. 
Plate XLII. higure 6. 
Localities for this species are Canterbury, Brighton, 
Tenterden, and near London. 
The situations where it is found are woods. 
The perfect insect appears in July and August. 
The caterpillar is purple grey, with reddish orange spots 
on the back, a white stripe along the sides, with black 
raised dots, and a row of the like above them. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
September. 
It feeds on the bramble, the bilberry, the birch, etc. 
The chrysalis is found in a cocoon among moss or in 
crevices of bark. 
ACRONYCTA MENYANTHIDIS. 
LIGHT KNOT-GRASS. 
Plate XLII. Figure 7. 
Localities for this species are York,Saddleworth,Carlisle, 
G1 asgo w, H uddersfield, Manchester,Sheffield, Sto wmarket. 
The situations where it is found are heaths and moors. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
