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birch, and very variable; N. ahdominalis, Pz., {N. ventralis, Htg. — the 

 ventralis, Pz., is a Selandria); N. rihesii (?), a couple of insects that 

 appear to be this species, were taken in a birch wood not far from 

 the top of Craig Dhn, there being no Bibes near at hand; they 

 may, however, belong to another species. N. myosotidis, Fab., 

 common ; Thomson considers that this species is the same as N. 

 jyapillosus, Retz., De Geer, a willow feeder, but this is certainly not 

 the case, for the true iV. myosotidis feeds on clover. iV. cadderensis. 

 Cam., not uncommon on birch ; N. miliaris very frequent ; N. 

 crassulus not infrequent on sallow ; iV. cinereae abundant ; N'. 

 viminalis — perhaps only the same species — not so common ; N". 

 gallicola abundant ; Cryptocampus saliceti very common ; Athalia 

 rosae abundant ; Pliyllotoma nemorata common ; Phaenusa ]jumila 

 and P. hetulae both not rare on birch ; of BUnnocampa there 

 occurred hqmndata one specimen; nana several on birch ; hiteiven- 

 tris not rare in marshy places : and pusilla on rose. The larva of 

 the last species may be found in July inside rose leaves, rolled 

 together into a cylinder. Eriocampa annidipes common ; Poecilo- 

 soma pulveratum common as larvae, and in the perfect state on the 

 alder; P. excisum, Thoms., occasionally met with; Selandria serva, 

 stramineipes, and morio all more or less common. The last 

 mentioned Selandria is reported to feed during the larval state on 

 Bibes, but certainly with me the images have always occurred on 

 birch, and that too in places where no gooseberry was near at 

 hand. Stronglogaster cingulatus and deUcatulus were both in plenty. 

 The former feeds as a larva on the Pieris aquilina, and the latter 

 on Lastrea. P achy protasis rapae abundant ; P. simulans not so 

 common ; while about a dozen were taken of veriegata; Allantus 

 nothus as usual very numerous ; Perineura instabilis met with 

 everywhere, especially the variety or (?) species nassata; Tenthredo 

 dispar, Klug, common. I have hitherto considered T. dispar 

 to be merely a variety of T. atra, L., but this I now find is 

 not the case, for dispar and atra differ in their larval states. 

 According to Endow (Stett. Ent. Zeits. xxxiii. p. 386), atra is an 

 alder feeder, while I find that the larva of disj)ar is attached to 

 Scabiosa succisa. It has the head black, except the face in front 

 and at the sides, where the colour is green, the eyes being situated 

 in the black portion. The body is dark green ; the folds of the 

 skin are marked mtli black, and the back is marked with dark 

 green stripes, each proceeding from the sides and drawing 



