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NOCTUA RUBI. 
SMALL SQUARE-SPOT. 
Plate LYI. Figure 1. 
Local ities for this species are York, Sutton-on-Derwent, 
Stockton Forest, Manchester, Lewes,Black Park, Upping¬ 
ham, Rudheath, Preston, Birkenhead, Bristol, Exeter, 
Edinburgh, Bowdon, Burton-on-Trent, Haltou, Cam¬ 
bridge, Kingsbury, Lyndhurst, Shrewsbury, Worthing, 
Scarborough, Wavendon. 
The situations where it is found are woods, etc. 
The perfect insect appears in June and in August. 
The caterpillar is greenish grey, with a darker-edged 
white line along the back, and that on the sides beneath 
it with obscure slanting stripes across; the side line pale 
dull greenish yellow, edged above with a darker shade. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June 
and Julv. 
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It feeds on various low plants. 
The chrysalis is subterranean. 
NOCTUA UMBROSA. 
SIX STRIPED RUSTIC. 
Plate LYI. Figure 2. 
Localities for this species are York, Nunburnholme, 
Sutton-on-Derwent,StocktonForest, Brighton, Lewisham, 
Bowdon, Shrewsbury, Manchester, Scarborough, Bristol, 
