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Hadena protea. — 12. One Witham, from Walford, and two Chelms- 

 ford, September, 1846. 

 Maiiiestra .ydendens (^pisi). — G. One Chelmsford, Ransome, 1846. 

 Mamestra oleracea. — 8. 



MameMra siiasa. — 4. Fine large specimens, Doncaster, Hawley, 1846. 

 Maniet^tra braxfticae. — 8. 



Mmneatra nlhicolon. — 1. Cheshire Coast, June, 1846, Weaver. 

 Ma>iifstra rhenopodii. — -7. 



Majiiextra ancepn. — 2. Chelmsford, 1843 and 1845. 

 yiaineatra persicariae, — 4. 

 Fhipli'.via lucipara. — 7. 



llama baaiUnea. — 6. Two Chelmsford, 1844 and 1845. 

 Hama teatacea. — 7. Three Chelmsford, 1843 and 1844. 

 FJania connexa. — 0. Sheffield, Heppenstall, 1844 and 1846. 

 Apamea fibrosa. — 3. Hammersmith Marshes, July, 1846, S. Stephens. 

 Apamea nictitanH. — 8. 



Apaniea unanhiiis. — 3. All Chelmsford, 1843 and 1844. 

 Apamea didynia. — 30. 



Apamea ophiogramma. — 1. Sherwood Forest, July, 1846, S. Stephens. 

 This is about as badly worn a specimen of a Nnctua as I ever 

 saw, but it does not look like opJiiofiranima, which I fancy 

 has never occurred in Sherwood Forest. 

 Acrnnycta meijac'.phala.—B. All Chelmsford, 1844, 1843, 1844, 1846. 

 Acronijcta psi. — 8. 

 Acronycta wenyantliidis. — 1. Carlisle, Hodgkinson. A pretty variegated 



specimen, with pronounced dark fascia. 

 Acrnnycta riuiiicin. — 6. Two Chelmsford, Ransome, 1846. 

 Acronycta euphorbiar. — 1. "Perthshire, June 1846, Weaver. On rocks." 

 Bryophila (/landifcra. — 1. Penzance, from Noye, 1846. 

 Bryophila perla. — 10. Dover. 

 Thyatira derasa. — 3. 

 Thyatira batis. — 7. 

 Calyptra libatrix. — 11. 

 Tethea bipvncta { = diiplaris). — 1. Kinloch = Rannoch, June, 1846, 



Edleston. 

 Tethea dilitta.— 10. 



Tethea snbtKsa. — 1. Manchester, July, 1846, Edleston. 

 Cleoceris in iii malts. — 2. 



Cosmia diffinis. — 2. One Chelmsford, 1845, A.G. One Witham, 

 Walford, 1846. This local species still occurs regularly for 

 many miles round Chelmsford. 

 Coswia a/finis'.—?,. Two Witham, Walford, 1846. 

 Co.vnia trapezina. — 17. 



Cosmia fidvayo (=])alcacea). — 1. Cumberland, August, 1846. 

 Xantlda fnlvayo. — 9. Two Witham, Walford, 1846. In this series are 

 two specimens of the variety fiavescens labelled Dulwich, 

 Weir, 1846. 

 Xanthia flavayo. { — dlayn). — 6. One Witham, Walford, 1846. 

 Xanthia croceayo. — 1. Dulwich, Weir, 1846. This species occurs 

 regularly now-a-days amongst scrub-oak on many commons 

 in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford. 

 Xanthia yilcayo. — 1. Yorkshire, Weaver, 1846. Now a common 

 species among wych elms round Chelmsford. 



