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"Handbook of British Lepicloptera " for information respecting the 

 Microlepidoptera. Mr. Alfred Sich, F.E.S., has also kindly lent 

 his valuable assistance, and with his aid the list will no doubt in 

 time be greatly extended. A word of thanks must be paid to 

 Mr. 6. Nicholson, F.L.S., for his indefatigable efforts in collecting. 

 Without his work the list would not have assumed the proportions 

 it has. The officials in the Gardens have also been most obliging in 

 retaining any specimen which they thought might be interesting ; 

 their co-operation in the good work is of the greatest importance. 



HETEROCERA. 



NOTODONTINA. 



Sphingidae. 



Deilephila elpenor, L. " The Large Elephant Hawk-moth." 



Larva of this species taken full fed. Also many pupae found 

 under various trees. A fairly common hawk-moth generally dis- 

 tributed over the British Isles and belonging to a genus which is 

 large and nearly cosmopolitan. Larvae feed on Galium, Epilo- 

 htum, Fuchsia, & c . 



Macroglossa stellatarum, L. "The Humming-bird Hawk-moth." 



A dead specimen was found by Mr. G. Nicholson inside Q.C. 

 A common insect much more plentiful some years than others. 

 The only representative in Britain, where it occurs generally, of a 

 large genus found all over the world. A day flyer, feeding 

 on the wing. Larva feeds on Galium. 



(A large number of hawk-moths were seen flying during the 

 summer months, but their flight was, of course, too rapid to enable 

 them to be identified. Their favorite haunts were about the large 

 clumps of rhododendron. The larvae of Smerinthus jjopuli, 



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NOTODONTIDAE. 



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Notodonta camelina, L. " The Coxcomb Prominent." 



Generally common throughout British Isles ; also N. & C. Europe, 

 N. Asia. On oak, beech, hazel, &c. 



Tyria jacobaeae, L. " The Cinnabar Moth. 



Common to British Isles except N. Scotland ; Europe generally 



and W. C. Asia. On Senecio Jacubaea, S. vulgaris, and S. alpinus. 



CARADRININA. 



LlPARIDAE. 



Orgyia. A genus of some extent and general distribution in the 

 northern hemisphere. The moths fly freely in the sunshine. 



Orgyia antiqua. L. " The Common Vapourer." 



