12 LIST OF LEPIDOPTERA. 



is, however, an exception, and the perfect insect may he seen in the 

 noonday sun, swarming round the tops of fir trees with an undulating 

 flight, not unlike that of H. humuli, $ . 



4. L. quadra. — Not rare at Playford. When at rest the folded wings 

 will at once remind the ivy-hunter of Vetusta and Exoleta. The larva 

 is very handsome, and feeds upon lichens, preferring, I think, the oak. 

 It may occasionally he seen after windy weather crawling up the trunks 

 of trees; but the best way to obtain it is by beating, and the nearer it 

 is full-grown the better the chance of rearing it: when bred it is a 

 splendid insect, and grows to a large size. I have specimens in my col- 

 lection measuring two inches and two lines. It is said to be "common" 

 in "Westw. and Humph. British Moths," but I must entirely dissent 

 from this statement. 



5. L. griseola. — Very abundant: comes to light. The larva is lichen- 

 ivorous, preferring poplars, but will also eat low-growing plants. 



N.B. — I bred this insect July 10th., 1857, from pupa brushed out of 

 oak. (B.) 



The larva of this insect will feed freely upon sallow. I bred a pair a 

 year or two since from larvse entirely fed upon this tree. (C.) 



6. L. stramineola. — Rare: two at light. 



N.B. — I took two specimens at light last summer early in August. (B.) 



7. L. complanula. — Very abundant : comes freely, alas ! too freely, to 

 light. The larva may be found on trunks of poplar, in company with 

 that of Griseola. Both may be taken at night with the aid of a lantern. 



N.B. — I have bred this insect from a larva fed entirely on crab. The larva 

 of L. griseola and complanula are very slow in arriving at their full growth; 

 though they are one-fourth grown now, (Nov.,) and hybernate, many of them 

 will not be full fed till July. In appearance they closely resemble each other, 

 being both black and hairy, with an orange stripe on the side. In Griseola 

 this stripe is paler. (C.) 



8. L. helveola. — Once at sugar last summer, June 18th. (B.)* 



9. L. aureola. — Scarce. I used to beat the young larvae (?) from fir 

 trees in April, at Playford, but could never succeed in breeding them. 

 The "Manual" gives the end of June and July as the period of its ap- 

 pearance in the perfect state; it must, however, often occur much earlier, 

 as I have taken it more than once on the wing as early as the middle of 

 May. 



N.B. — Taken at Eingshall, near Stowmarket, by Mr. W. Baker, and at 

 Woolpit, near Bury, by myself. (C.) 



10. L. miniata. — Not uncommon. From the fact of my having always 



* I did not find this insect at sugar myself. It was brought to me by my gardener, 

 whom I had sent to the woods to sugar, and he took it with others. It was doubtless at 

 rest on the tree, and not feeding; just as ft Ligniperda is sometimes found. — Ed. 



