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Graphiphora C. nigrum and plecta. Both species were tolerably common in Sep- 

 tember. 



Graphiphora punicea P The insect called by this name in Britain, is stated by Mr. 

 Becker to be the Graph, bella of Ochsenheimer. It was tolerably common in Sep- 

 tember. 



Orthosia litura. Not common. 



Orthosia Pistacina. Very abundant during the latter part of September and 

 throughout October. 



Orthosia Lota. Pretty common in October. 



Orthosia macilenta, {fiavilinea, Haw.) Very scarce. 



Orthosia Upsilon. Only a few individuals seen. 



Mythimna grisea. Very abundant. 



Glcea Vaccina, spadicea and polita. These three reputed species are certainly mere 

 varieties of one very variable insect. Out of many hundreds or even thousands which 

 I saw in October and November, I selected some very beautiful varieties. 



Glcea subnigra. I am inclined to believe that this is a good species. I have bred 

 several from the caterpillar. It appears later than G. Vaccinii, and is much more lo- 

 cal ; it does not vary much in colour, although some individuals have a distinct pale 

 fascia on the wings while others are quite without it. It differs from G. Vaccinii in 

 its smaller size and much narrower and more acutely pointed upper wings. The ca- 

 terpillar feeds on the honeysuckle. This insect, Gltea Vaccinii and Scopelosoma Sa- 

 tellitia hybernate, and reappear in the first warm nights of spring. 



Pj/rophila tetra. Common. I think there is but one species of this genus, at any 

 rate I can perceive nothing in the specimens called tetra and Tragopogonis, to induce 

 me to consider them distinct species. 



Xylina Lambda. Not common. This insect hybernates. 



Calocampa exoleta. 1 captured eight specimens of this beautiful insect, in fine 

 condition, between the 15th of October and 14th of November. 



Calocampa vetusta. Of this very rare species I obtained four splendid specimens ; 

 the first on the 19th of September and the last on the 10th of October. I have no 

 doubt this species hybernates as well as the preceding. 



Miselia Oxyacanthcc. In the greatest profusion in October. I obtained some very 

 fine varieties nearly black, and without a tinge of green. 



Calyptra Libatrix. Common. This insect appears early in August, and seems 

 almost immediately to go to its winter quarters. On the 3Uth of August I saw some 

 which were evidently intending to remain motionless till spring. I did not see one on 

 the wing after the 7th of September. Vanessa Polychloros retires in the same way, 

 however fine the weather maybe ; while Van. Urticae, the Glse£e, and many other spe- 

 cies which survive the winter, appear whenever the weather is fine, even in the middle 

 of winter. 



Nonagria Typhm. Very common wherever Typha latifolia grows; in some seasons 

 the larvEe destroy nearly every plant. 



Geometra illustraria. This beautiful insect is very rare here : I have bred three 

 or four from caterpillars found on the aspen. 



Geometra angularia and erosaria. Not numerous. I can make out only three Bri- 

 tish species of the yellow autumnal " Thorns " as they are called, viz., the two men- 

 tioned above and Geom. Tiliaria ; these three are very distinct. There may be more, 

 but all that I have seen appear to be varieties of these species. 



