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MAMESTRA ANCEPS. 
DOUBTFUL NUTMEG. 
Plate XLYIII. Figure 10. 
Localities for this species are York, Colchester, Faver- 
sham, Brighton, Chester, Barnstaple, Darenth Wood, 
Black Park, Falmouth, Manchester, Huddersfield,Burton- 
on-Trent, Lower Guiting, Hal ton, Bristol, Stowmarket, 
Cambridge, Edinburgh, Birkenhead, Wavendon, Lewes, 
Worthing, Worcester. 
The situations where it is found are woods. 
The perfect insect appears in June. 
The caterpillar is pale brown, with three slightly darker 
streaks ; the spots black ; the second and last segments 
black. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
December, January, and February. 
The chrysalis is subterranean in an earthen cocoon. 
MAMESTRA ALBICOLON. 
WHITE COLON. 
Plate XLIX. Figure 1. 
Localities for this species are Deal, Stowmarket, Bir¬ 
kenhead. 
Thesituations where it is found are sand-hills by the sea. 
The perfect insect appears at the end of May, and 
beginning of June; also in August. 
The caterpillar is greyish brown marked with darker; the 
side line pale yellowish ; spots white in a circle of black. 
