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abundant some seasons. I possess a pair of moths, marked in the British 

 Museum's General Collection, Grambus pratea. 1 took them three years ago 

 near Exeter, but I cannot find the specific name in the Museum's catalogue; 

 also another named in the same collection Cramhus pohlea, which I cannot 

 find in the same publication. The moth is very common about here; several 

 other species belonging to this family I have not been able to determine the 

 names. 



Aglossa pinguinalis: this moth is tolerably plentiful. Pyralis Jarinalis: this 

 is very common in stables, coach-houses, etc. Phlyctcenia Sambucalis has 

 been taken here by Mr. G. Norcombe. Eurrhypara urtlcata: this is an abun- 

 dant species. Nemophila noctuelJa: this is also very common; and Botj/s 

 verticalis I never saw so plentiful as they have been this year — hundreds 

 might have been taken in a n'ght in the lanes between Exeter and Topsham. 

 Botys lancealis: this is a rare insect, [ have only heard of or seen but one, which 

 I possess; one other species of this genus I have not been able to obtain 

 the name of; it is common about here. PteropJionis pentadactylus is tolerably 

 abundant, and Alucifa hcxadactyla is also an abundant .species. 



Tortiicidve: of this interesting and beautiful family of moths, I am sorry to 

 say I cannot furnish many names, though 1 possess a number of species. I 

 also have a number of species of the family Tineitis, which I shall defer to 

 some other time for the want of reference. In the last-named family we have 

 Tortrix viridana: this is found in considerable abundance on Red hills, about 

 two or three miles from Exeter, on the north-west side; the hedges there 

 are principally oak, and there these beautiful little moths are to be found in 

 great numbers. Lozotcenia Carpiniana : this is common in gardens and hedges 

 round about Exeter. L. Gerningana is also an abundant species. L. loevigana: 

 this is a common insect in hedges and gardens. Spilonofa Bohorana: this is 

 not a common moth, at least I have only met with two or three specimens. 

 jEcophora sulphurella : both the larva) and moths of this beautiful species are 

 abundant in this neighbourhood; the larvae are found in old posts and rotten 

 branches of trees in great plenty. Yponomeuta padella: this insect is much 

 too common in orchards and gardens; the caterpillars, which are gregarious, 

 live on the apple trees, and where numerous cause a deal of mischief. 



I bred some very interesting little moths this year from larvae, found feeding 

 on Stellaria polostea. The caterpillars are confined, or rather live, in small 

 somewhat fusiform cases; they fix themselves to the under surface of the 

 leaves, and eat a round hole just large enough to admit the body; they then 

 go on and eat the parenchyma, or fleshy part, so far as they can reach all 

 round. When they have eaten as far all round as they can, they remove 

 to another place on the leaf, and go on as before. They soon exhaust a leaf 

 of its fleshy parts, leaving nothing but the two skins of the leaf, and these 

 are untouched, and turn white. When a number of these caterpillars are 

 at work, they give the plants a peculiar mottled appearance, and the little 

 cases hanging down on the leaves look very curious. The little moths are 



