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of Man, Storeton near Birkenhead, Wootton near Liver¬ 
pool, Birch Wood, the New Forest, Edinburgh, Dorking, 
Weybridge, Lewes, Chichester, Lyndhurst, Manchester, 
Sherwood Forest, Plymouth, Rotherham, Tenterden, and 
Stirling. 
The situations where it is found are heaths and heathy 
places in woods, etc. 
The perfect insect appears in August. 
The caterpillar is pale brown, with a paler line along 
the back, and another like one below it on each side, 
edged with dark brown ; the side Hue yellowish white. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. 
The chrvsalis is found below the ground. 
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NOCTUA DEPUNCTA. 
Plate L1Y. Figure 7 
Localities for this species are Doncaster, Scarborough, 
Sutton-on-Derwent, Carlisle, Exeter, Manchester, Stow- 
market. 
The situations where it is found are woods. 
The perfect insect appears in July and August. 
The caterpillar is greyish brown, with a whitish line 
on either side of the back, with a row of black dots ; the 
dots on the side white, in black rings. 
It feeds on the sorrel and other low plants. 
The chrysalis is found underneath the surface. 
NOCTUA AUGUR. 
DOUBLE DART. 
Plate LIV. Figure 8. 
Localities for this sufficiently common species are York, 
