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Wavendon, Deptford, Birkenhead, Worthing, Barnstaple, 
Burton-on-Trent, Darlington, Peterborough, Edinburgh, 
Halton, Huddersfield, Lewes, New Brighton, Kingsbury, 
Exeter, Lyndhurst. 
The situations where it is found are gardens, woods, etc. 
The perfect insect appears in August. 
The caterpillar is whitish grey, with a black line on 
each side of the back. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
April and May. 
It feeds on grasses and other ground plants. 
The chrysalis is found below the earth. 
NOCTUA BAJA. 
DOTTED CLAY. 
Plate LYI. Figure 3. 
Localities for this rather common species are York, 
Sutton-on-Derwent, Brighton, Burnby, Bowdon, etc., 
etc., etc. 
The situations where it is found are woods and gardens. 
The perfect insect appears in July. 
The caterpillar is dull yellowish, marbled with brown, 
with a yellowish line edged with black along the back, 
and another of the like colour on either side below it, 
from which proceeds, on the fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth, 
tenth, eleventh, and twelfth segments, a slanting yellow 
streak. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
April and May. 
