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N 0 C T U A RHOMBOID E A. 
Plate LV. Figure 6. 
Localities for this species are Scarborough, Linacre near 
Liverpool, Darenth Wood, Ripley near London, Epping, 
Bristol, Black Park, Darlington, Reigate, Wavendon, 
Arundel, Worthing, Chesterfield. 
The situations where it is found are woods. 
The perfect insect appears in July. 
The caterpillar is reddish brown, with a whitish line 
along the back, and another of the same on either side of 
it, the latter interrupted on each segment, but connected 
above with whitish spots. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
April and May. 
It feeds on various low plants. 
The chrysalis is found below the earth. 
NOCTUA BRUNNEA. 
PURPLE CLAY. 
Plate LV. Figure 7. 
Localities for this speciesare York, Sutton-on-Derwent, 
Stockton Forest, Brighton, Perth, Bowdon, Bristol, Bere 
Forest, Darenth Wood, Birkenhead, Burton-on-Trent, 
Cambridge, Kingsbury, Scarborough, Preston, Islington, 
Lewes, Manchester, Stowmarket, Isle of Man,Lyndhurst v 
Huddersfield, Tenterden, Wavendon, Worthing. 
The situations where it is found are woods. 
The perfect insect appears in July. 
