228 LIST OF LEPIDOPTERA. 



38. L. cespitis. — I took one fine specimen at light in September. 



39. M. anceps. — Very common. Is very fond of the flowers of the raspberry. 

 Varies much in the intensity of its colouring. 



40. 3£. brassicce. — Very abundant, of course. 



41. M. persicarice. — Also very plentiful. The larva will feed on anything and 

 everything. It has been questioned whether it feeds on trees, but I have 

 once or twice beaten it from oak, and in confinement it eats indifferently 

 anything nearest at hand. It is a handsome insect when bred. 



. N.B. — No practical entomologist can doubt that this insect feeds upon trees. 

 Elder is its favourite food. (B.) 



I have frequently taken this larva on elder, and sometimes upon white 

 thorn, but not upon any other tree. It is very variable in colour, sometimes 

 bright green, sometimes dirty olive, and at others fulvous. The pupa closely 

 resembles that of H. pisi. (C.) 



42. A. basilinea. — Abundant. 



43. A. gemina. — Common at raspberry blossoms, and light. I found it 

 much more constant in its colouring in Suffolk than in Gloucestershire. In 

 this latter county the varieties were so numerous, as to make it difficult for 

 a tyro to determine the species. 



44. A. unanimis. — Tolerably plentiful in the larva state, under moss and 

 loose bark on willows bordering upon streams. As I find from the "Manual" 

 that it feeds upon various grasses, I suppose it merely chose this locality as 

 a convenient place for becoming a pupa. 



N.B. — I have taken this larva feeding upon water-grasses, in September 

 and October. It most closely resembles that of L. impura, and were they 

 found at the same time, might easily be confounded with it. It as frequently 

 passes the winter in a loose earthen cocoon, as under moss or loose bark, and 

 may be raked up at the sides of ditches, rivers, and canals, in the autumn 

 and winter. I kept some alive all through last w r inter, in a tin box covered 

 with gauze, and half filled with earth, outside my window. They buried 

 some depth, and formed slight cocoons. In March they came up to the top, 

 and spun slight webs between the folds of the gauze, where they turned to 

 pupae. They never fed in the spring. (C.) 



45. A. oculea. — Very common. 



46. M. strigilis. — Abundant at sugar, including every conceivable variety. 

 I also bred it. The larva is grassy green, very much pointed at each extremity, 

 and feeds inside the stems of grasses. 



47. M. fasciuncula. — Common at sugar. 



48. M. literosa. — Common at sugar. 



N.B. — I do not find this insect common in my neighbourhood. (B.) 

 I have met with this insect both in Suffolk and elsewhere at sugar, but 

 always very sparingly, and I consider it by no means common. (C.) 



49. M.furuncula. — Common at sugar. 



N.B. — This pretty little moth is very fond of flying in the hot sunshine, 

 but is so active when it gets into the net, that it is difficult to box. (C.) 



50. M. arcuosa. — Once taken at light. 



N.B. — This insect is common in Derbyshire, flying just before twilight, over 



