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The caterpillar is greeu with paler stripes mi the sides. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in April. 
It feeds on several low plants. 
The chrysalis is found below r the earth. 
NOCTUA C-NIGRUM. 
SETACEOUS HEBREW CHARACTER. 
Plate LV. Figure 3. 
Localities for this, whichis anothercommon species,are 
York, Sutton-on-Derwent, Nunburnholme, Bromsgrove, 
Charmouth,Lewisham, Plumstead,Black Park, Brighton, 
Chichester, Bere Forest, Bowdon, Sidmouth, Plymouth, 
Crewe, Peterborough, Stirling. 
The situations where it is found are gardens, and the 
sides of water courses and brooks. 
The perfect insect appears in July and August. July 8. 
The caterpillar is greenish grey, with a yellowish line 
along the back, a pale green one on either side below it, 
and a white side-line, the space between these two last- 
named being dark greeu. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in April. 
It feeds on several low plants. 
The chrysalis is subterranean. 
NOCTUA DITRAPEZIUM. 
Plate LV. Figure 4. 
Localities for this species are Darenth Wood, Ripley 
near London, Epping, Blandford, Galway, Leith Hill in 
Surrey, Portsmouth, Birch Wood, and the New Forest. 
