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AGROTIS OBELISCA. 
Plate LIII. Figure 1. 
Localities for this species are Sutton-on-Derwent, 
Scarborough, Brighton, Ventnor, Bonchurch, Isle of 
Wight, Dublin, Edinburgh. 
The perfect insect appears in August and September. 
The caterpillar is pale brown, with a dark grey stripe 
along the back, the black dots hardly perceptible; the 
head rather darker. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
May. 
It feeds on different low plants. 
The chrysalis is found below the earth. 
AGROTIS AGATHINA. 
Plate LIII. Figure 2. 
Localities for this species are York, Stockton Forest, 
Simons wood Moss near Liverpool, Black Park, Wey- 
bridge, Lyndhurst, Ticehurst, West Wickham. 
The situations where it is found are heaths and heathy 
places in woods. 
The perfect insect appears in August. 
It feeds on heath. 
The chrysalis is found underneath the ground. 
