The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. 
It feeds on the roots of grasses. 
The chrysalis is found beneath the ground. 
AGROTIS FENNICA. 
Plate LI. Figure 9. 
Localities for this species are in Derbyshire—the exact 
locality I at present am unacquainted with. 
The perfect insect appears in July and August. 
AGROTIS SAUCIA. 
TEARLY UNDERWINO. 
Plate LI. Figure 10. 
Localities for this species are York, Wallasey near 
Birkenhead, Brighton, Shrewsbury, Hammersmith, Bris¬ 
tol, Killarney, Cambridge, Worcester, Lewisham, Lewes, 
Arundel, Lyndhurst, Deal, New Forest, Manchester, 
Plymouth, Warrington, Barnstaple, Yentnor, Bonchurch, 
Isle of Wight, and near London. 
The situations where it is found are where the ivy 
blooms. 
The perfect insect appears in July, August, and 
September ; September 28. 
The caterpillar is greyish brown, with a paler line 
along the back running through a row of angular-shaped 
darker spots; the side line and side spots dark brown. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
November. 
