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the conspicuous Thera Juniperaria, while commonly 

 among underwood Thera simularia occurs. 



On the coast at New Brighton, and in the Isle of 

 Portland, Spcelotis prcecox occurs ; while among bur- 

 dock we may obtain the handsome Gortynaflavago 

 not uncommonly. 



In the " New Forest/' the " Isle of Wight " and at 

 " New Brighton/' we shall obtain Epunda Lichenea ; 

 at this latter locality this insect has occurred in plenty 

 " nearly 100 specimens of this insect having been 

 taken at New Brighton in September, 1850." (Zoolo- 

 gist for 1850, p. 2958. ) 



On the Sussex Downs we may perhaps be fortunate 

 enough to capture the very rare Deiopeia pulchella, 



Among elms we may meet with Xanthia gilvago, 

 of which Guenee says, " It is very common in France, 

 the larvae feeding on the seeds of the elm." 



A species (Xanthia ocellaris\ very closely allied to 

 it, and only recently distinguished from it, frequents 

 poplars. Guenee says, " The larva lives in the buds 

 of the poplars, and is almost as abundant as that 01 

 yih'ago is on the elms," 



On the flowers of the mullein ( Verbascum Thapsus) 

 we may find the larvae of the rare Cucullia Lychnitis. 

 Mr. Stevens in the Zoologist for 1845, p. 1142, states, 

 " I have annually, for the last three or four seasons, 

 obtained the caterpillars of this rare shark from off the 

 leaves and flowers of the mullein, found in a chalk -pit 

 at Arundel, in Sussex." 



On sloe, nut, birch, hawthorn, bramble, &c., we 

 shall find the larvae of Coleophora paripennella; 

 while feeding on the seeds of Atriplex the larva of 



