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The caterpillar is greenish white with a rather broad 
yellow cross band on each segment, in which the spots 
are black and large ; a double row of large black spots 
along the side line below the back, a black spot following 
each spiracle, and two beneath it; prolegs black on the 
upper part; the face yellowish spotted with blue. 
It feeds on the mullein ( Verbascum Blattaria), the 
knotted figwort ( Scrophularia nodosa ), etc. 
The chrysalis is subterranean. 
CUCULLIA SCROPHULARIA. 
WATER-BETONY MOTH. 
Plate LXVI. Figure 5. 
Localities for this handsome species are Brighton, Looe, 
Plymouth, Exeter, Cambridge. 
The perfect insect appears in May. 
The caterpillar is greenish white, with a yellow band 
on the back of each segment, and a row of large black 
spots along the back, almost always united ; there is a 
double row of large black spots along the side line below 
the back, a black spot following each spiracle, and two 
beneath it; the face yellow. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
June and July. 
It feeds on the water betony ( Scrophularia aquatica ), 
the knotted figwort (Scrophularia nodosa ), and the moth- 
mullein (Verbascum Blattaria). 
The chrysalis is found under the soil enclosed in a 
large cocoon. 
For this figure also I am indebted to Mr. Allis, of 
York. 
