The caterpillar is pinkish ochreous; usual dots not in evidence; skin much wrinkled and glossy; spiracles pink margined with black; head and plate on first ring pale brownish yellow. Robson (Cat. Lep. of Durham, etc.) states that the caterpillar feeds on grass roots, and adds, "I have known it abound in the grass tufts at the foot of palings around a large mill." The moth is out in August and September. At night it flies freely to light, but is not known to visit any of the usual floral attractions or the collector's sugar. Generally distributed and often common. DUMERIL'S LUPERINA (_Luperina dumerilii_). Fore wings ochreous grey or brown, two brownish streaks represent the basal line; the space between the first and second cross lines darker, and there is a darker band on the outer margin; the stigmata are pale inclining to yellowish, and the veins below them are white. Hind wings whitish tinged with darker on outer margin. Ab. _desyllesi_, Boisd., has almost unicolorous fore wings, and this form, according to Staudinger, has been found in Northern France and England. I have only seen a continental specimen of this species, which is very local and somewhat rare abroad. [Illustration] Pl. 132. 1, 2. RUSTIC SHOULDER-KNOT. 3, 4. SMALL CLOUDED BRINDLE. 5. DOUBLE-LOBED MOTH. 6-11. COMMON RUSTIC. 12. UNION RUSTIC. 13. FLAME MOTH. [Illustration] Pl. 133. 1. FIGURE OF EIGHT: _caterpillar_. 2. FEATHERED RANUNCULUS: _caterpillar_. 3, 3a. BEAUTIFUL GOTHIC: _caterpillar and chrysalis_. {269} In his _Manual_, vol. i. (1857), Stainton states, "one specimen has occurred in the Isle of Arran." Reference is made in 1885 (_Entom._ xviii. 73) to two specimens taken in the Isle of Portland in 1858, and three others in 1859. Then, in the _Entomologist_ for 1902, Mr. Stockwell records, from Dover, the capture of "a fine female of this rare Noctua, on a gas lamp in this town, during the latter part of September." THE STRAW UNDERWING (_Cerigo matura_). This moth, both sexes of which are shown on Plate 128, Figs. 2, 3, is readily recognized by the yellowish hind wings. The caterpillar is ochreous or dull reddish brown; series of greyish brown marks along the middle of the back, and a brown edged line on each side; a pale ochreous line edged above with brown low down along the sides; head pale brown, with darker streaks. It feeds from September to April, sometimes later, on grasses, chiefly in dry situations. The moth is out in July and August. Generally distributed throughout the British Isles, but in Scotland not recorded north of Moray. In suitable localities it is common, and sometimes is the only visitor to the sugar patch. HAWORTH'S MINOR (_Celæna haworthii_).