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Aplecta pressa, n. s., 6th July, lime blooms and rest, several ; herbida, 27th 

 June to September, common at rest, less frequent at sugar ; nimbosa, 6th August, 

 rare at sugar ; latex, 30th May to June, not uncommon at rest. 



Ammoconia hadicollis, 31st July, rare at sugar. 



Hadena siibjuncta, 2nd July, rare at rest ; vicina, n. e., 4th June, rare at sugar ; 

 confusa, 8th May, rare at palms ; albifusa, 5th June to August, common at rest, 

 flowers, and sugar ; claviplena, 9th July, rare at sugar ; xylinoides, 23rd May to 

 June, common at rest and sugar. A second brood in August smaller in size. 



Bianthcucia meditata, 11th August, not rare at sugar and rest. 



Mamestra arctica, 22nd June to August, swarming at sugar, rest, and lime 

 blooms, also bred from warty and maggoty-looking larvee found under grass and logs 

 in May ; devastator, 24th June to September, by far the most common moth here, 

 a perfect nuisance at sugar. 



Apamea Jaspis, 30th. M&j to July, common at rest and eng&v ; Jl nit im a, 10th 

 June, common at rest, more rarely at sugar. This species, though near our 5a5t7j«ea, 

 is a much more beautiful insect ; mactata, 31st August and September, common at 

 rest and sugar ; inodica, Vtli July to September, very common at sugar and rest ; 

 reniformis, 31st July to September, not uncommon at sugar. Eepresents, and is very 

 near, A. fibrosa. 



Celmna herhimacula, 23rd June to October, very common at sugar, light, and 

 rest. Seemingly a succession of broods ; chalcedonia, 25th June, rare at sugar. 



Bipterygia pinastri, 14th June, not uncommon at sugar and rest. 



Xylophasia apameiformis, 16th June, frequent at sugar and rest ; spiitator, 4th 

 July to September, common at sugar, also bred ; dubitans, 12th July, rare. One 

 specimen in spider's web ; lignicolor, 27th June to August, common at sugar and 

 lime blooms ; verbascoides, 9th July, rare, one specimen at sugar ; sectilis, loth 

 June to August, not uncommon at sugar and rest ; cariosa, 6th July, rare, one 

 specimen at rest. 



Cloantha ramostila, 18th May, rest (liibernated). 1st September, fresh specimen 

 at rest, rare ; vomerina, 8th May, rare at sallow palms, Salix caprea. 



Phlogophora periculosa, 6th August, rare at sugar ; Iris, 9th June, rare at sugar. 



Euplexia lueipara, 2nd June to August, not common at rest and sugar. 



Nephelodes violans, Ist September, common at light and sugar, but always in bad 

 condition. 



Luceria loculata, 27th June, not uncommon at sugar. 



Sydraecia lorea, 16th Juno to July, common at light flowers and sugar ; nictitans, 

 21st July to August, common at sugar. Not so variable nor so beautiful as in 

 Scotland ; sera, 2nd July, very common at sugar and light. 



Ooriyna cataphracta, 22ud September, rare, bred in quantities from larva; in 

 the stems of Arctium lappa. 



Scoleocampa ligni, Ist July, rare at light. 



Leucania Henrici, 15th April, bred ; pallens, 3rd July, not common at lime 

 blooms ; phragmitidicola, 7th Juno, not uncommon at light and sugar ; commoides, 

 3rd July to August, common at lime blooms, sugar, and light ; unipuncta, 3rd June 

 to September, very common at sugar ; pseudargyria, 11th July, rare at sugar. 



Ufeus salyricus, 20th July, rare at sugar. 



