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The caterpillar is (lull yellowish with a whitish line 
along the back; and the second, twelfth, and thirteenth 
segments whitish ; the side line also whitish. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. 
It feeds on various low plants. 
The chrysalis is subterranean. 
AGROTIS RAVIDA. 
STOUT DART. 
Plate LIII. Figure 5. 
Localities for this species are York, Scarborough, Nuu- 
burnholme,Nafferton, Osgodby, Anstey, and near London, 
Monkswood, Worcester, Lewisham, Stowmarket, Halton, 
Edinburgh, Darlington, Cambridge, Burton-on-Trent. 
The situations where it is found are gardens. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
The caterpillar is pale brownish dull yellow with a 
paler line along the back, and a white one on each side of 
it, bordered above with a row of white dots ; the side 
line whitish, with a row of brownish spots above it. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in April. 
It feeds on the dock (Rumex pratensis ), and other 
low plants. 
The chrysalis is found below the earth. 
AGROTIS PYROPHILA. 
Plate LIII. Figure 6. 
Localities for this species are York, Nunburnholme, 
