NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH MOTHS. 
PIANTHiECIA CAPSINCOLA. 
LYCHNIS MOTH. 
Plate LXT. Figure 1. 
Localities for this species are York, Faversham, Brigh¬ 
ton, Falmouth, Burton-on-Trent, Hammersmith, BowdoD, 
Worcester, Bristol, Arundel, Stowmarket, Manchester, 
Birkenhead, Plymouth, Lewes, Exeter, Sudbury, Hud¬ 
dersfield, Edinburgh, Preston, Darlington, Cambridge. 
The perfect insect appears in June. 
The caterpillar is greenish grey, with a darker line 
along the back, having a slanting streak from it on the 
back of each segment, and a row of black spots on each 
side of it; the line on each side below it indistinct; 
the side line paler than the ground colour. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
July and August. 
It feeds on the Red Campion (Lychnis dioica). 
DIANTH^CIA CUCUBALI. 
CAMPION MOTH. 
Plate LXI. Figure 2. 
Localities for this species are York, Lewes, Bidston, and 
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