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abject a, common and very variable: M. Jirassicac, only too common, 

 Apmnca hasilinea, fairly common : A. (joniiut, common : A. dldijind, very 

 common at sugar, varies very much, a common form being black, with 

 white reniform. Miana sfn'ijilis and var. acth'oj)^, very common. M. 

 fascinncuhi, very common : 31. hicoloria. not uncommon. Celaena 



haworthll, plentiful, in several woods near Keswick. Cauauui- 



NiDAE. Stilbia (tnoiiiala, rare. Carudriua qiiadri punctata, common 



everywhere. Umina tenehrosa, common at sugar. Xo(JTun)AE. 



Agrotis ypsdon (snjf'ma), have taken a few at sugar : A. seijeinm, have 

 taken several with the net : A. exclamatioim, iairly common: A. nigri- 

 cans, rare: A. agathina, I took five specimens at sugar in 1 804 ; this 

 is, so far as I know, the first capture of the species at Keswick : A. 

 Incernca, found flying at the foot of the rocks under Falcon Crag, a dark 

 form. Lijcopliotia strigida, common amongst ling on the hills. Try- 

 pjhaeaa ianthina, uncommon at sugar : T. fimbria, plentiful in some 

 seasons, but generally scarce : T. orbona, fairly common : T. proauha, 

 very abundant, and very variable. Graphiphora augur, very common. 

 Noctna baia, several each season, at sugar : iV. glareosa, netted occasion- 

 ally, also at sugar, not common : N. depuncta, rare in Castle Head Wood : 

 N. c-nigrum, occasionally in woods, at sugar : N. brunnea, very common 

 and variable, varieties inclining to darker colour : N. dahlii, I take a 

 few each season at sugar ; I have one or two insects which might be 

 vars. either of dahlii or brunnea, which, I cannot decide : N. festica, 

 common ; var. conflua, I take a small moth along with N. festica, which, 

 from Newman's figure and description, I should call conflna, but it 

 seems to me a very doubtful matter to decide : N. rubi and iV. nmbrosa, 

 both rather micommon at sugar : N. xanthograplia, common : N. pAecta, 



common anywhere. Ampiiipyridae. Amphipyra tragopogonis, 



fairly common. Naenia iypica, common in gardens. Mania ritaura, 

 very common near water, especially on the river banks ; comes freely 



to sugar. Orthosiidae. Panolis piniperda, thinly scattered. 



PacJ/nobin rubricosa, not uncommon in Castle Head Wood. Taeniocampa, 

 raunda, fairly common, and very variable : T. instabilis, exceedingly 

 common and very variable, both in size, markings and coloration : T. 

 opima, rare : T. gracilis, not uncommon : 2'. popidcti, rare : T. gothica, 

 excessively common : T. stabilis, ditto : T. pidvendeuta, very abundant ; 

 I have one pale variety. Dyschorista suspecta, fairly abundant in woods, 

 some specimens are light and distinctly marked : D. fissipuncta (iq)silon), 

 I have taken two only, but believe it is common by the river. Orthosia 

 lota, taken by Mr. Greenip : 0. macilenta, common at ivy, on the road 

 through the Great W^ood. Anchocelis helvola (riifina), common at sugar : 

 A. piistacina, occurs here, but I have not taken it : A. litnra, fairly 

 common. Orrhodia vaccinii, common at sugar and ivy : 0. ligida, 

 much commoner than the preceding. Scoptclosoma satellitin, very com- 

 mon. Xanthia citrago, observed b}' the late Mr. Jas. Edmondson, in 

 St. John's Vicarage grounds : X. fidcago, common everywhere : X. 

 flacago, commoner than the preceding, but more local. McUiuia cir- 

 cellaris, very common at sugar, rather variable. Cirrhoedia xeraiiipeh'na, 

 occurs sjiaringly by the river side; I have not succeeded in taking it 

 here myself, but have seen specimens in Mr. Greenip's collection ; I 

 took it on the banks of the Kent in three different places, and believe 

 it to be sparingly but generally distributed more especially close to 

 rivers ; I have never seen either it or A. ligustri away from a river. 



