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wild marshy tract a few miles from here. It is not, however, to be found in other 

 neighbouring places in which the typical griseola is common. 



Spilosoma fuliginosa. — Common in this disti'ict. On one occasion I found a 

 larva feeding on a leaf of Ltstera ovata, and pursuing the search found a considerable 

 number on this unlikely plant. 



AmpMdasys hetularia. — This species is common here, always of the usual 

 peppered form, but one specimen taken severUl years ago is very coarsely peppered, 

 being, in fact, almost blotched with large black dots. It, however, does not resemble 

 the dark Lancashire varieties. 



Strenia clathrata. — Several specimens have occui'red in one of our meadows in, 

 which the wings are suffused with black, with only a few white spots towards the 

 margins. 



Anticlea sinuata. — This species occurs here occasionally on the chalk. 



Antidea ruhidata. — Rather plentiful about Clematis vltalha with Melanthia 

 procellata and Phibalapteryx tersata. Ph. vitalbata is much less frequently found, 

 although double bi^ooded. 



Phtbalapteryx lignata. — Yery common in marshy places and low meadows. I 

 have reared it from the egg, the larva feeding especially on a common Galium growing 

 by ditch sides, but being apparently willing to eat any species of Galium. 



Cidaria corylata. — I have found at Odiham one specimen of the curious band 

 less form of this species, usually found in the north, 



XylopJiasia suhlustris — Common here at sugar. 



Xylojihasia scolopacina. — I have taken one specimen in a small wood in this 

 neighbourhood. It was at rest on the trunk of a fir tree. 



Agrotis cinerea. — One specimen occurred a few years ago on a gas lamp in this 

 town. 



Agrotis agathina. — This also has occurred singly, and, contrary to its usual jiiiarl 

 habits, at sugar. This was on September 11th, 1876. . j |b 



Noctua rhomhoidea. — This species may always be depended upon at the end 

 July and beginning of August, at sugar in some of our woods. 



Dasycampa rubiginea. — This species has also occurred here once, at sugar. 



Xanthia aurago. — I never saw, or expected to see, such a sight as met my eyj ^ie 

 when I commenced to examine my sugar on the night of September 22nd, 1876J Ifiajr 

 Aurago actually covered every patch of sugar on some of the trees. I never saw anjj j^jfj 

 moth, not even N. xantJiograpJia, in such swarms. I secured as many as I couldj |,jj. 

 possibly find room for, picking out the finest specimens and most beautiful varieties, bul; 

 causing no apparent diminution in their numbers. Many trees were so crowdeoir 

 with them that nothing else could get at the sugar, but at one end of my grounc 

 where they were not quite so plentiful, I secured nine JEpunda lutulenta, four Xylini^ 

 semibrunnea and one Agrotis saucia, besides many other species. Aurago was to b< 

 found' in plenty every night for the succeeding ten days. 



Xanthia gilvago. — This species occurs every year, at sugar, on some small beecl! 

 and fir trees. 



Cosmia pyralina.—Thia also occurs here, at sugar, but sparingly. 

 Aplecta occulta.— A single specimen, of a beautiful dark grey colour, was take] 

 at sugar, a few miles away, seven or eight years ago. 



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