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of the plants amongst those whicli grew in this part of the 

 country, neither could I now find anyone who had done so. 

 I enquired of all those who were likely to be able to afford 

 me the desired information, witliout success. A resident, well 

 versed in Botany, informed me that he had not seen either 

 plant, here, or in North Wales. The first larvae that were 

 hatched died on whatever I gave them ; and with a forlorn 

 hope I gave them the leaves of many trees and shrubs, which 

 I knew they were not likely to eat or to live on. Tliose 

 which hatched later I was able to rear upon buckthorn, 

 kindly sent me every week in tin boxes by Mr. Holland, 

 from Reading. But still the food-plant of G. Rhamni must 

 be here, either in the form of buckthorn or some other plant, 

 as the butterfly, though scarce, is not unfrequently captured. 

 1 have seen three specimens only on the wing, two of which 

 were taken. These occurrences were severally in the years 

 1868, 1871, 1875. At the time I was in need of the plants I 

 searched well the locality in which the first insect had been 

 taken, which was half-way down a rocky hill-side, — a favourite 

 resort that same year for Colias Edusa, — in a densely-wooded 

 lane ; but here 1 could only find oak, ash, ehu, whitethorn, 

 blackthorn, hazel, rose, honeysuckle, and innumerable low 

 plants, and not a sign of buckthorn. I visited the gardens, 

 plantations and woods around, with no better success; and a 

 letter in the local paper has not had the desired effect of 

 discovering either of the buckthorns in this county. To show 

 the advanced state of botanical knowledge in these parts, I 

 may mention that during my search for the Rhamnese I had 

 blackthorn, barberry, and rose, brought to me as one of those 

 plants. — Oiven Wilson; Carmarthen, August 12, 1875. 



Alfred Wood. — Name of a Moth. — Will you oblige me by 

 naming the enclosed effigy of a moth ? taken at sugar in these 

 (the Wick) woods on the 12th August. The upper wings are 

 dark brown, mottled with a still darker shade of the same 

 colour; the hind wings, with the exception of a broad 

 border of intense black, are yellow, with a light fringe, and a 

 pale oblong mark on the inner margin. I have also taken, 

 more or less freely, in the same locality, during the present 

 .season, Cymalophora duplaris, Diphthera Orion, Acronycta 

 Ligustri, A. Menyanthidis, Synia musculosa, Apamea fibrosa, 

 Rusina tenebrosa, and Cosmia diffinis. 



