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Westmorland, and the New Forest in Hampshire. The Westmor- 

 land specimens I have not seen ; but I have looked over a series 

 obtained from the New Forest and from the Continent, which are 

 all very much alike, but are all decidedly different from the 

 specimens taken in Cumberland. The Cumberland specimens 

 are of a greenish tint, and the markings, instead of being of a 

 dark grey, are black and very distinct. Our insect too, is generally 

 larger, and its body is more thickly covered with a much finer coating 

 of down or hair, than in those from the South. I think that the 

 specimens recorded firom the New Forest must have been imported. 

 It is a very strong flier, and is on the wing from about the 15th of 

 July to the middle of September. It generally keeps to the higher 

 branches of the trees in the thickest parts of the woods ; but I 

 have sometimes found them sitting on the trunks of oaks in the 

 day-time. It is generally a very difficult insect to capture, as 

 instead of flying out when the tree is beaten, and settling on the 

 grass or on low branches near, as the other moths commonly do, 

 the Dotted Carpet comes nearly to the ground, and then suddenly 

 returns upward to the top of another tree near, where it is difficult 

 to dislodge it a second time. I have found it easiest to capture 

 between five o'clock and seven at night. 



I have found only three specimens of the larva of the Dotted 

 Carpet, which were marked as described by Newman {Brit. Moths, 

 p. 63.) But it does not always feed on the lichens that grow on 

 fir trees, I think, as the specimens I have taken were obtained 

 from the Oak. 



The Brussels Lace ( Cleora lichenarid) ; The Mottled Beauty 

 {Boarmia repandatd) ; The Willow Beauty {B. rhomboidarid) ; 

 The Satin Carpet {B. abietarid); The Small Engrailed {Tephrosia 

 crepuscularid) ; The Engrailed {T. biundularid) ; The Grey Birch 

 {T. punctulatd). These are all to be found at Newbiggin, Newby 

 Cross, and Orton ; and are on the wing from March until August. 



The Satin Carpet is very common in Scotland, and is also 

 widely distributed around Carlisle ; but is rare, or quite unknown, 

 in any southern locality. They are very active on the wing, and 

 difficult to capture ; for even when they are detected at rest on the 



