232 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
of the plants amongst those which grew in this part of the 
country, neither could I now find anyone who had done so. 
I enquired of all those who were likely to be able to afford 
me the desired information, without success. A resident, well 
versed in Botany, informed me that he had not seen either 
plant, here, or in North Wales. The first larvee that were 
hatched died on whatever I gave them; and with a forlorn 
hope I gave them the leaves of many trees and shrubs, which 
I knew they were not likely to eat or to live on. Those 
which hatched later I was able to rear upon buckthorn, 
kindly sent me every week in tin boxes by Mr. Holland, 
from Reading. But still the food-plant of G. Rhamni must 
be here, either in the form of buckthorn or some other plant, 
as the butterfly, though scarce, is not unfrequently captured. 
I have seen three specimens only on the wing, two of which 
were taken. ‘These occurrences were severally in the years 
1868, 1871, 1875. At the time I was in need of the plants I 
searched well the locality in which the first insect had been 
taken, which was half-way down a rocky hill-side,—a favourite 
resort that same year for Colias Edusa,—in a densely-wooded 
lane; but here I could only find oak, ash, elm, whitethorn, 
blackthorn, hazel, rose, honeysuckle, and innumerable low 
plants, and not a sign of buckthorn. I visited the gardens, 
plantations and woods around, with no better success; anda 
letter in the local paper has not had the desired effect of 
discovering either of the buckthorns in this county. To show 
the advanced state of botanical knowledge in these parts, I 
may mention that during my search for the Rhamnez I had 
blackthorn, barberry, and rose, brought to me as one of those 
plants.—Owen Wilson; Carmarthen, August 12, 1875. 
Alfred Wood.—Name of a Moth.—Will you oblige me by 
naming the enclosed effigy of a moth? taken at sugar in these 
(the Wick) woods on the 12th August. The upper wings are 
dark brown, mottled with a still darker shade of the same 
colour; the hind wings, with the exception of a broad 
border of intense black, are yellow, with a light fringe, and a 
pale oblong mark on the inner margin. I have also taken, 
more or less freely, in the same locality, during the present 
season, Cymatophora duplaris, Diphthera Orion, Acronycta 
Ligustri, A. Menyanthidis, Synia musculosa, Apamea fibrosa, 
Rusina tenebrosa, and Cosmia diffinis. 
