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life-history of this interesting moth have still to 

 be cleared up^ among others the time of flight of 

 the imagO;, and the food of the young larvae. 

 Most of the specimens captured have been found 

 at rest on low plants, the earliest and latest dates 

 being May (end) 1837, ^^^ J^^y i°^^^» 1875. 



Platypteryx falcula. W.V. In birch-woods. Not common. 

 ,, HAMULA. W.V. Throughout the district. Not 



uncommon in oak-woods. 

 ,, UNGUicuLA. H. Throughout the district, some- 



times abundant in beech-woods, but very 

 uncertain in appearance. 



CiLix SPINULA. W.V. Common everywhere. 



PSEUDO-BoMBYCES. 



DicRANURA FURCULA. L. Glos. Baptist's Mills. G.H. Wotton- 

 under-edge. [Cotswolds,] 

 Somerset. Brislington. r.f. Weston-super- 

 Mare. Scarce. [Old Cleeve. a.e.h.J 

 „ BIFIDA. H. Glos. Stapleton and Wotton-under- 



Edge. [Common on the Cotswolds.] 

 Somerset. Bath, Clevedon, Leigh Woods, &c. 

 ,, viNULA. L. Throughout the district. 



Stauropus FAGi. L. Glos. One specimen in Stapleton Road, 

 Bristol, by Mr. Davis, g.h. One taken near 

 Stroud. w.F.w. Dursley. " Manual^ I., p.w'^, 

 Somerset. " One larva in Leigh Woods, 

 Aug., 1877." R.F. 



Petasia cassinea. F. Glos. Durdham Down, Ashley Hill, 

 Stapleton, and other localities near Bristol. 

 Somerset. " Leigh Woods^ Brislington, and 

 Brockley Combe.'' r.f. and w.h.g. Weston- 

 super-Mare. Not common. 



