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Dalston (Prout). M. persicaria, L., Mill Hill, at sugar (South) ; 

 Bedford Park (Miss E. Shaiye) ; Tufnell Park (Shepherd) ; Ham- 

 mersmith (Mera) ; larvae very abundant in garden, South 

 Hampstead (Watts) ; Clapton (Bacot) ; Dalston (Prout) ; Blooms- 

 bury (Brit. Mus.). M. ahjecta, Hb.,* Willesden (S. T. Klein, 

 J. of Micr. and Nat. Sci., 1887). 



Apamea hasilinea, Fb., Hampstead (Godwin) ; Mill Hill 

 (South); Isleworth (Fenn) ; Bedford Park (Ckll.) ; Bishop's 

 Wood (Shepherd) ; Hammersmith (Mera) ; Tottenham (Prout). 

 A. unanimis, Tr., Mill Hill, at sugar, and also larvae (South) ; 

 Tufnell Park (Shepherd). A. ophiogramma, Esp., Hammersniith 

 (Mera) ; common at South Hampstead (Watts) ; Chiswick, 

 once (Sich). A. didyma, Esp., Hampstead; Old Oak Common; 

 Hendon ; Clutterhouse Lane (Godwin) ; Mill Hill (South) ; 

 Bedford Park (Miss E. Sharpe) ; Tufnell Park (Shepherd) ; 

 Hammersmith (Mera) ; Chiswick, extremely abundant (Sich) ; 

 Harefield (Wall); Clapton (Bacot); Dalston (Prout). A. leuco- 

 stigma, Hb., near Uxbridget (Benhow, Entom., 1878, p. 21). 



Miana strigilis, Clerck, common (Godivin) ; Mill Hill (South) ; 

 FiachlQj (Shepherd) ; Hammersmith (ikfera) ; Hampstead (Watts) ; 

 Chiswick (Sich); Harefield (Wall); Clapton (Bacot); Dalston 

 (Prout) . M. strigilis var. (Bthiops, Haw. , Highgate (Shepherd) ; very 

 abundant in garden. South Hampstead (Watts) ; see also Entom., 

 1888, pp.60, 93, 111, 112. 247, 249. M. fasciuncula, Haw.,I 

 Kensal Green (Godwin) ; Mill Hill {South) ; Finchley (Shepherd) ; 

 Hammersmith (Mera) ; Hendon, abundant, 1881 (Watts) ; Chis- 

 wick, one (Sich) ; Harefield (Wall). M. Ucoloria, Vill., Clutter- 

 house Lane (Godivin) ; Mill Hill (South) ; Finchley (Shepherd) ; 

 Hampstead (Watts) ; Harefield (Wall) ; Clapton (Bacot) ; Dalston 

 (Prout) ; Chiswick (Sich). M. arcuosa, Haw., Hampstead Heath ; 

 West Hampstead ; Old Oak Common, in abundance (Godwin) ; 

 Mill Hill, flying at dusk over grass in damp fields (South) ; 

 Finchley (Shepherd) ; Pinner (Watts) ; Harefield (Wall). 



Subf. HadenincB.^ 

 Dianthoecia capsincola, Hb., Old Oak Common, larvae, common 

 (Godwin) ; Mill Hill, at sugar (South) ; Bedford Park, larvae on 

 Lychnis vespertina, 1886 {Ckll.) ; South Hampstead (Watts) ; 

 Harefield (Wall). D. cucuhali, Fues., Clutterhouse Lane, larvae, 

 common (Godwin); Mill Hill (South). D. carpophaga, Bork., 

 Mill Hill, at sugar, and also bred (South) ; Harefield, two taken 

 (Wall). 



* M. abjecta is placed by Mr. Tutt in Hadena. 



t As fibrosa. This species is placed by some in a separate genus, Helotropha, Ld. 

 ■ I This has been considered a variety of strigilis by Mr. Tutt ; but Mr. Pearce 

 (Brit. Nat., April) seems to have proved the distinctness of the two species beyond 

 doubt. 



§ This subfamily seems to come more naturally here than where it occurs in 

 our lists. Hadena, Guen., is considered by Mr. Butler a group of Mamesira. 



