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THE MOTHS OF THE DISTRICT. 
By GEORGE DAWSON. 
(Read at Carlisle. ) 
IN continuation of my paper on Local Entomology already laid 
before this Society, I now give the first of a series on the Moths I 
have taken in this neighbourhood. 
The first division, or 
NOCTURNI, 
is represented in Britain by thirteen Families, of which the first on 
the list is 
The SPHINGIDZ. 
The Eyep Hawk-Morn (Smerinthus ocellatus.) 
The Poplar Hawk-MotH (Smerinthus populi.) 
Both of these insects are very common in this locality. I 
have found their larvz on the willow bushes along the banks of all 
the rivers around Carlisle. " 
The larva of the Eyed Hawk-Moth may be found in the 
autumn. It changes to a large, reddish-brown, bright-looking 
pupa, and the moth emerges about the end of May. The larva 
_ of the Poplar Hawk-Moth feeds on the Willow, the Poplar, and the 
Apple, and it changes to pupa sometime between July and Sep- 
tember. The pupa is rather rough and dirty-looking; never 
having that bright, shining appearance characteristic of the 
