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Lepidoptera. 

 Noctuidce subfam. Xylinince. 



Xylocampa areola, Esp. {lithoriza, Bork.), Mill Hill, at sugar, 

 also bred {South); Hampstead Heath, 1887 {Watts); Harefleld, 

 once {Wall) ; Harrow- Weald {Rowland- Bi^oiun) . 



Calocampa vetusta, Hb., Mill Hill, at sugar {South). C. exoleta, 

 L., Mill Hill, at sugar {South) ; Isleworth {Meyers) ; Bishop's 

 Wood, Hampstead {H. Bartlett fide Vaughan) ; Harefield, 

 sparingly {Wall). 



Xylina semibrunnea, Haw., Mill Hill, one at sugar {South) ; 

 Harefield, two {Wall); 'H.sm-o'W-'WeaXd {Roivland-Broivn) ; Ealing, 

 one {Adye). X. ornithopus, Eott., Brook Green, Hammersmith 

 {Tarhat). 



Asteroscopus sphinx, Hufn., Harefield, a few taken most 

 years {Wall). 



Cucullia umhratica, L., Hampstead Heath, Clutterhouse Lane, 

 Old Oak Common, on palings {Godwin) ; Chiswick {Sich) ; Hare- 

 field, 1885 {Wall). C. verbasci, L., Harefield, larvae common on 

 Verbascum in garden {Wall). C. chamomillce, Schiff., Chiswick, 

 once at rest on a paling {Sich) ; Eegent's Park {F. Bartlett fide 

 Vaughan). 



Subf. GonopterincB. 



Gonoptera libatrix, L., Mill Hill, at sugar, also bred {South) ; 

 Chiswick, larvae on willow and balsam {Sich) ; Bedford Park 

 {Fenn) ; Isleworth {Ckll.) ; Hampstead {Vaughan) ; Harefield, 

 generally common {Wall); Harrow- Weald {Rowland-Brown); 

 Hammersmith {Mera) ; Clapton {C. Carter fide Bacot) ; Blooms- 

 bury {British Museum) . 



Subf. Plusiince. 



Habrostola tripartita, Hufn. {urticce, Hb.), larvae out of nettles, 

 Clutterhouse Lane, commonly {Godwin) ; Mill Hill {South) ; 

 Maldon Crescent {Knaggs fide Vaughan) ; Harefield, occasional 

 {Wall). H. triplasia, L., larvae out of nettles, Clutterhouse 

 Lane, rare {Godivin) ; Chiswick, common {Sich) ; Isleworth 

 {Fenn) ; Kentish Town, 1860-65 {Vaughan) ; Maldon Crescent 

 {Knaggs fide Vaughan) ; Highgate Woods (Shepherd) ; Hammer- 

 smith {Mera) ; Clapton {Bacot); Tottenham {Prout). 



Plusia chrysitis, L., Clutterhouse Lane, Old Oak Common, 

 West Hampstead {Godwin) ; Mill Hill, netted at dusk amongst 

 nettles (South) ; Chiswick, at flowers of Ballota nigra {Sich) ; 

 Bedford Park {Fenn) ; Isleworth {Misn K. Fenn) ; South Hamp- 

 stead {Watts); Highgate {Vaughan) ; Harefield, frequent {Wall); 

 Finchley {Shepherd); Harrow- Weald {Roivlcmd- Brown). P. iota, 

 L., Clutterhouse Lane, larva on nettle, rare {Godwin) ; Mill Hill, 

 netted at dusk amongst geraniums {South) ; Hampstead Heath 

 {Watts); Bishop's Wood {Vaughan); Haretield, once {Wall); 

 Harrow- Weald [Rowland-Broivn). P. gamma, L., generally dis- 



