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The situations where it is found are near moist and 
watery ground and ditches, also in gardens and lanes, 
and by hedge-sides. 
The perfect insect appears in August and Septem¬ 
ber ; August 28. 
The caterpillar is pale dull yellowish red, with 
black dots. 
It feeds on the roots of various plants. 
The chrysalis is found in an earthen cocoon. 
AXYLIA PUTRIS. 
FLAME. HORSE-RADISH MOTH. 
Plate XLTVI. Figure 5. 
Localities for this species are York, Sutton-on-Derwent, 
Humberstone, Brighton, Faversham, Barnstaple, Lewes, 
Tenterden, Worcester, Black Park, Newhaven, Sudbury, 
Falmouth, Stowmarket, Scarborough, Plymouth, Carlisle, 
Shrewsbury, Manchester, Kingsbury, Birkenhead, South- 
port, Bristol, Burton-on-Trent, Cambridge, Edinburgh, 
Lower Guiting, Darlington, Exeter, Halton. 
The situations where it is found are gardens, woods, &c. 
The perfect insect appears at the end of June and in 
July. 
The caterpillar is brown, with a yellowish line along 
the back, with one yellow and two white dots on each 
segment, and a triangular-shaped black blot on the fifth 
and sixth. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August. 
It feeds on various low plants. 
Tiie chrysalis is found beneath the surface of the earth. 
