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P. alsus. — Common, but local. 



P. Cart/don. — Very abundant on the chalk hills. 



P. Adonis — Moderately abundant. 



P. agestis. — Rather rare. 



Thymele alveolus. — Yery common. 



Thanaos tages. — Common in many places. 



Pamphila linea. — Common. 



P. sylvanus. — Very abundant. 



Heteroceea. 

 Sphincina. 



Procris statices. — I met with a few specimens in one meadow. 



Anthrocera trifolii. — Yery abundant. Many curious varieties occurred, 

 in some of which the colouring was quite different from the ordinary 

 tint. 



A. filipendulce. — As common as it usually is. 



Smerinthus populi. — Occurred at light. 



Sphinx ligustri. — Common in the larva state. I only obtained one spe- 

 cimen of the perfect insect. 



Macroglossa stellatarum. — Only saw one specimen, as I did not visit the 

 haunts of the species. 



Trochilium culiciformc. — One specimen. 



T. tipuliforme. — Occurs sparingly. 



Bombycina. 



Hepialus hectus. — Common in the grassy lanes of one wood. 



H. lupulinus. — Yery common. 



H. humuli. — I only met with one specimen (a female) of this very com- 

 mon species. 



H. velleda. — Occurs in some plenty. 



H. sylvinus. — I took one or two specimens of this, the prettiest of the 

 Hepialidse, as they were flying rapidly along the hedge. 



Pterostoma palpina. — Three or four specimens occurred. 



Diloba cceruleocephala. — Yery abundant as larva. 



Dasyckira pudibunda. — Common as larva, and the perfect insect comes 

 to light. 



