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CARADRINA CUBICULARIS. 
PALE MOTTLED WILLOW. 
Plate LI. Figure 4. 
Local ities for this very common species are York, Sutton - 
ou-Derwent, Brighton, Falmouth, Birkenhead, Bowdon, 
etc. 
The perfect insect appears in June, July, and August. 
The caterpillar is reddish grey on the back, the sides 
dark grey ; the head shining black. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in Sep¬ 
tember and through the winter on to April. 
It feeds on the chickweed (Alsine media). 
The chrysalis is subterranean in a cocoon. 
This species comes much to a light. 
NOCTUIDiE. 
RUSINA TENEBROSA. 
BROWN FEATHERED RUSTIC. 
Plate LI. Figure 5. 
Localities for this species are York, Beverley, Stockton 
Forest, Doncaster, Darenth Wood, Stirling, Brighton, 
Birkenhead, Bristol, Wimbledon Common, Faversham, 
Edinburgli, Burton-on-Trent, Canterbury, Stowe Wood, 
Sherwood Forest, Darlington, Exeter, Black Park, Lewes, 
Huddersfield, Stowmarket, Lyndhurst, Dorking, Reigate, 
Kingsbury, Manchester, Worthing, Bere Forest, Lynton, 
Bowdon, Tenterden. 
