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The perfect insect appears in June. 
The caterpillar is reddish grey, streaked with brown, 
the side line whitish, the head brown. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July 
and August. 
It feeds on several low plants, particularly the bladder 
campion (Silene inflata). 
The chrysalis is found beueath the surface of the earth. 
IIELIOPHOBUS POPULARIS. 
FEATHERED GOTHIC. 
Plate XLVII. Figure 9 
Localities for this species are York, Sutton-on-Derwent, 
Scarborough, Worthing, Nunburnholme, Crambe, Lewes, 
Brighton, Peterborough, New Brighton, Exeter, Preston, 
Southport, Shrewsbury, Falmouth,Tenterden, Wavendon, 
Birkenhead, Burton-on-Trent, Bristol, Cambridge, Lower 
Guiting, Darlington, Hal ton, Lyndhurst, Manchester. 
The situations where it is found are gardens, fields, etc. 
The perfect insect appears in August. 
The caterpillar is bronzed brown, darker on the upper 
part, with dingy white lines. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
April and May. 
It feeds at the roots of grass. 
The chrysalis is subterranean. 
This moth is much addicted to coming to light. 
