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assisting Father Mathew in the temperance-movement most essen- 

 tially. The larva of GEnectra Pilleriana is not exclusively a vine- 

 feeder, having been noticed on many low plants, and Mr. W. Wilson 

 Saunders found it some years ago in the Isle of Wight, in the green 

 capsules of Iris foetidissima. The larva of Elachista ? Rivillei, to 

 which attention has recently been drawn in the ' Transactions of the 

 Entomological Society,' vol. iii. N. S. (Part 3) pp. 87 — 89, is also a 

 vine-feeder, and may very probably be found in the South of 

 England. 



Geranium. Crane's-bill. 



As a general feeder on this genus of plants Speyer mentions Clisio- 

 campa castrensis, of which, however, the sea wormwood (Artemisia 

 maritima) is, I believe, the principal food-plant in this country. 



Geranium pratense. Meadow Crane's-bill. 



On the capsules of this plant in August may be found the larva of 

 Heliothis marginata; Duponchel and Guenee, however, both seem to 

 agree in representing it as very difficult to rear. 



Geranium Robertianum. Herb Robert. 



Though so common a plant, frequenting many a pleasant hedge- 

 bank, we do not know of any Lepidopterous larva specially attached 

 to it. Zeller has, indeed, suspected (' Linnaea Entomologica,' vol. vi. 

 p. 341) that the larva of Pterophorus acanthodactylus feeds on this 

 plant, he having found the larva of that species on a Pelargonium in his 

 garden, and having frequently taken the perfect insect among Gera- 

 nium Robertianum. Of course the larvae of a Pterophorus must be 

 sought for on the flowers or seeds, for they are great epicures. 



Erodium cicutarium. Hemlock-leaved Crane's-bill. 



A common plant on sandy or gravelly soils, and assigned by Speyer 

 as a food-plant to Polyommatus Agestis. I wonder if any of our Lewes 

 or Brighton collectors could find the larva of that species, for no 

 doubt Mr. Logan would be extremely glad to see it, and compare it 

 with his larvae of P. Artaxerxes, which I am still inclined to think 

 only a climatic variety of P. Agestis. 



Linum usitatissimum. Common Flax. 



Speyer mentions, from his own observations, Calocampa exoleta as 

 feeding on this plant; but I am not aware of any other Lepidopterous 



