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Crocallis elinguaria ^- C. bidentaria, vaticata, galiata, ruptata. Teiguni. 



Teignuiouth Poli/phasia testata. Haldon 



Metrocanipus margaritaria Cidaria rubidata, C. sinuata (I specimen), 

 M.fasciaria. Buckland Wood ^ Lozogramma petraria, Teignm. 



Zerynthia didyrnaria. Haldon, Buckland Emmelcsia sylvata. Haldon 



Wood £. subsericeata 



Ephyra pendularia and Eucosmia undula- Macaria imitaria. Teignmouth 



ta, Buckland Wood 31. emarginata 



Hybernia defoliaria, ^scularia and rupi- M. a Iternata. Buckland Wood 



eapraria. Teignmoutli Cilix compressa. Teignmouth 



Eupithecia nigropunctata. Buckland Wd. Tortrix sylvana 



E. coronata, singulariata, Ahsinthiata, sub- Spilonota trigeminana, rusticana and tetra- 



fulvata, Centaureata, and venosata. gonana. Cliffs at Teignmouth 



Teignmouth Orthotcenia cespitana. Buckland Wood 



Minoa Charophyllata. Spitchweek O. politana. Teignmouth 



Xerene procellata,adustata,rubiginata, syl- O.fuligana. Dawlish Warren. 



Lasiocampa Medicaginis, both male and female, I have twice rear- 

 ed from the larva; these are the only specimens I have been able to 

 procure. Nudaria senex is, I believe, a rare moth. Of Polia flavo- 

 cincta I have reared one specimen. Buckland Wood near Ashburton 

 is a good locality ; amongst other moths I have taken Eupithecia ni- 

 gropunctata plentifully. Cidaria sinuata is, I believe, considered 

 rare; I have never taken more than one. Of Orthota^nia fuligana three 

 specimens have been taken at Dawlish Warren. Hypena crassalis is 

 not uncommon at Buckland Wood. 



I am sorry to find that you are obliged to give up ' The Entomolo- 

 gist for want of support ; it will not be easy to supply its place. 



Art. C. — On the Larvce of Lepidoptera found upon Rhamnus 

 catharticus and Frangula. By W. Gaze, Esq. 



The buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticus) is in this neighbourhood eaten 

 by several lepidopterous larvae. My attention was first directed to it 

 on the 3rd of May last, by seeing a female of Gonepteryx Rhamni 

 fluttering round a plant which was just putting forth its leaves ; and 

 having seen this butterfly only in its imago state, I cautiously ap- 

 proached, saw her alight, bend her body, and deposit an egg on the 

 miderside of a half-expanded leaf; this and two others I took as soon 

 as they were deposited, and after watching the butterfly (which seem- 

 ed regardless of my presence) for some time, I left her still employed. 

 The eggs were cone-shaped, ribbed, and of a clear white colour, but 

 were soon changed, by the enclosed embryo, to a deep straw colour. 

 The caterpillars were hatched in nine days, and were of the same 



