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they belong to many nominal species. Hence the difficulty I 

 find in identifying them. 



Grammesia trUinea. In profusion in some seasons. 

 G. bilinea is much rarer. 



Hadena litlioriza. The larva of this moth feeds on our 

 honey-suckles; it is very elongate, rather tapering towards the 

 head and tail, of a greyish ash colour, with deeper marking, 

 and occasionally (when young) a black lateral line. It appears 

 in June. In the beginning of July it spins on the surface of the 

 ground a pretty firm cocoon, strengthened externally with small 

 fragments of wood, or grains of sand. The pupa is of a 

 lightish brown, rather elongate, tapering very gradually towards 

 the tail. The posterior margins of the abdominal segments 

 appear, at first sight, to be furnished behind with a row of 

 small hooks, but a nearer inspection with a lens shows that this 

 apparent row of hooks is in reality a flat denticulated process 

 of the posterior margin, corresponding to certain crenulations 

 of the margin of the next segment. The larva, in the day 

 time, remains on the branches of the honey-suckles, or on the 

 stumps of the trees which they grow round, consequently is 

 not easy to find. 



Mamestra furva . Generally rare here ; but in the summer 

 of 1832 was excessively common, frequenting the flowers of 

 the raspberry. M. oleracea, which I omitted in my list, has 

 once or twice occurred here. 



Eremohia ochroleuca. I have never met with this insect 

 here myself, but have seen a specimen, which was captured at 

 Bobbingworth, about three miles from this parish. 



Erastria fuscula. This differs from the rest of the genus in 

 not being diurnal. 



Hibernia capreolaria. I think that Mr. Stephens is in 

 error as to the female of this insect; but I am not quite satis- 

 fied on this point. What I believe to be the female, agrees 

 with his description of that of A. leucophcearia. 



Geometrce illunaria et Jidiaria. That these are but one 

 species I have no doubt. I have repeatedly raised both from 

 the larva, and have had specimens, which might with equal 

 propriety be referred to either, being exactly intermediate 

 between the spring and summer broods. I had once a 

 female, a decided illunaria, which laid her eggs in the box 

 in which I had her. The larvae soon hatched, and from these 



