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CRYMODES EXULIS. 
Plate XLYIII. Figure 8. 
Localities for this species are near Plymouth, and in 
the Isle of Arran. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. June 
15, July 25. 
The caterpillar is of a dingy white colour. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May, 
June, July, and August. June 15, August 15. 
It feeds on the stems or roots of grasses. 
The moth flies in the day-time. 
It is attracted by light. 
MAMESTRA ABJECTA. 
DUSKY NUTMEG. 
Plate XLYlII. Figure 9. 
Localities for this species, which is a rare one, are 
Nunburnholme, New Brighton, Jackson’s Wood near 
Birkenhead, York, Lewes, the New Forest, Darenth 
Wood, Holywell (in Flintshire), Waterford, St. Osyth’s, 
Cambridge, Gillingham (in Kent), Gravesend. 
The situations where it is found are gardens, woods, 
etc. 
The perfect insect appears in July. 
This moth comes to a light. 
