14G 
NOCTUA DAHLII. 
BARRED CHESNUT. 
Plate LV. Figure 9. 
Localities for this species are Hargrave Hall and 
Hooton near Birkenhead, Lewes, Bowdon, Carlisle, Arran, 
West Wickham, Bristol, Black Park, Edinburgh, Horn- 
dean, Huddersfield, Lyndhurst, Plymouth, Sherwood 
Forest, Manchester, Pembury. 
The situations where it is found are woods, etc. 
The perfect insect appears in July and August. 
The caterpillar is reddish mixed with grey, with a paler 
line along the back, and another similar one on each side 
below it, with a row of black dots in white rings above 
the latter. 
NOCTUA SUBROSEA. 
Plate LV. Figure 10. 
Localities for this species are Whittlesea Mere and 
Yaxley Fen, the Fens of the counties of Cambridge and 
Huntingdon. 
The situations where it is found are the Fens. 
The perfect insect appears in July. 
The caterpillar is dull reddish yellow marbled with 
brown, with a yellow line edged with brown along the 
back, and another of the same colours on either side 
below it; the side line yellow and broad. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
May and June. 
It feeds on the bog myrtle (Myrica gale). 
The chrysalis is found below the earth. 
