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CATOCALA PROMISSA. 
LIGHT CRIMSON-UNDERWING. 
Plate LXXI. Figure 3. 
Localities for this elegant species are Brockenhurst 
and Lyndhurst in the New Forest, Richmond Park, 
Brighton, Lewes, Pembury, Black Park. 
The situations where it is found are woods. 
The perfect insect appears in July. 
The caterpillar is bluish white with a black cross-like 
mark in the shape of an X on each side of the back on 
the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh 
segments, and an irregular black line on each side of 
the back. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
May and June. 
It feeds on the oak. 
The chrysalis is enclosed in a slight cocoon of silk 
spun among leaves or bark. 
CATOCALA SPONSA. 
DARK CRIMSON-UNDERWING. 
Plate LXXII. Figure 1. 
Localities for this rich species are Lyndhurst in the 
New Forest, Brighton, Darenth Wood, Lewes, Black Park. 
The situations where it is found are woods. 
The perfect insect appears in July and August. 
The caterpillar is dull green with a purple line along 
the back and a dull yellowish protuberance on the ninth 
