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Pyralidae. 



Pyralis glaucinalis, L. " The Double Striped." 



Found locally in England as far north as Yorkshire, also 

 temperate and sub-tropical portions of the northern hemisphere. 

 Un decayed leaves on inside twigs of birch, dead raspberry 

 leaves, and decayed thatch. 



Aglossa pinguinalis, L. « The Tabby." 



Abundant in the British Isles, except the islands on the West 

 ooast ol Scotland, also Europe, and Asia to China, and S. Africa, 

 generally found m stables ana outhouses. Mr. W. Buckler took 

 great trouble to discover the actual food plants, and found that the 

 larva confined itself to corn debris, ground corn, waste grass seeds, 

 and dried vegetable refuse. 



Aethia tarsipennalis, TV. 



Common in England, S. Scotland, W. Ireland, C. Europe, and 

 N. Asia. On Saliz, Rubus, Polygonum, &c. 



Aethia grisealis, Hub. 



Extremely plentiful in Q.C. Common in England, N. and 

 E. Ireland, C. Europe, and N. Asia. On Quercas, Sisymbrium. 



Hypena rostralis, L. "The Buttoned Snout." 



Locally distributed through England and Scotland, N. and 

 C. Europe, and N. and W. Asia. On Hamulus. 



Hyphena proboscidalis, L. " The Snout." 



hp^^ m ° n t0 ^ r i tish l8les and temperate portions of the northern 

 nemisphere. Extremely abundant hv th/i*i™ « n * ;~ n n fin 



Urticae. 



Q.C. On 



Hydrocampidae. 



Of all the Lepidoptsra this family is perhaps the most extra- 

 ordinary so far as their methods of life are concerned. The moths 



-_ much 

 tinsruished from thr> ao -nrk^,, « 



moths 



Their 



haKifc n t t.\. ZxT ■ , . . " L UIUCI moms, ana tney nave ine 



MdiLn! . night m ° thB - BUt the larVae live in the Water 



£™ T Ve - m l W0 T 111161 " 8 ' In some 8 P ecie « of ™e family the 

 PosXeW na £lZf e Lr™ n i!i!L a ^obole «f_ air ; and others 



surrounded 



This i= c, ™™f - ~ — ' i" "^, ol " 1 ««"u«u ana oatnea dv water, 

 duced hv ™£ extr t ordl ^y fact, for the imagines which are pro- 

 a ^eat L?.n?T?^ S ; S ^° m the8e larvae "^le each other to 

 L?b P ht: d * ^ t0 8how how 8li ^t the distinction 

 Sv the or T.fn n nf q ;f 1C and air - brea ^ing InimalH, and how 

 brva fi ^t Jn?, i. e !t parate conditi <>n8 may be allied. The 



Principally a European family 



Schiff. (lemnata, L.) 



lan^aTso C^nfs^^ ° Ver E ? gland * nd Irela » d > 8ca ™ in Scot- 



