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The situations where it is found are woods. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
The caterpillar is rich brown, with a dark line along the 
back, the first five segments having a slender white line 
through the centre, a line composed of black streaks on 
each side below it, and bordered above on its hinder por¬ 
tion with pale brown; the side line pale brown. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
September and on to March. 
It feeds on the knot grass (Polygonum aviculare ), and 
other low plants. 
The chrysalis is found in a cocoon a little below the 
surface. 
AGROTIS VALLIGERA. 
ARCHED DART. 
Plate LI. Figure 6. 
Localities for this species are York, Sutton-on-Derwent, 
New Brighton, Isle of Man, Solway Frith, Tremori, 
Birkenhead, Darlington, Edinburgh, Stowmarket, Deal, 
Belcurrick. 
The situations where it is found are sand hills on 
the coast. 
The perfect insect appears in July and August. 
The caterpillar is dull greenish grey, with a paler line 
along the back and another on either side of it, and 
two rows of black dots between them; also a row of 
short white streaks on the lower part of the sides. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
October and thence to May. 
It feeds on the roots of grasses. 
The chrysalis is subterranean. 
