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7. E. lenuiata. The larva of this species feeds in the blossoms or 

 catkins of the common sallow (Salix Cap?cea). The best way to 

 obtain them is to collect a quantity of these catkins just as they 

 are beginning to fall, and place them in a breeding-cage ; they will 

 require no further attention, and in July the moths will appear. 



8. E. plumbeolata. The insect described by Haworth under this 

 name is unquestionably identical with Begrandaria of Boisduval, 

 and of course this latter name must sink. M. Guenee regards 

 the smaller insect, which I intended by the name Plumbeolata in my 

 list — but which I now propose to call Haworthiata — as a variety, 

 and it is no doubt the var. a of Haworth, of which he says u Forte 

 distincta." I am inclined to think that it is distinct, and Mr. 

 Vaughan has most kindly sent me some particulars which tend 

 to confirm me in my opinion ; he says that when living the base of 

 the abdomen is orange, while in plumbeolata it is of one uniform 

 gray tint throughout. I believe plumbeolata appears about the end 

 of May ; Mr. Vaughan says that the smaller species, Haworthiata, 

 does not appear till July, and continues on the wing about three 

 weeks: it appears to be attached to Clematis Vitalba. 



10. E. pusillata. The only specimens that I ever obtained of this 

 insect were taken by Samuel Wood, gardener to Captain Coker, who 

 resides in Devonshire. 



12. E. satyr ata. I have no doubt that the callunaria of Mr. 

 Stainton and the insect taken by the Rev. J. Greene and called 

 fagicolaria are varieties of this species. The ground- col ur of the 

 wings varies from leaden gray to deep brown, but the markings are 

 the same in all. 



13. E. abbreviata. The larva of this species feeds upon the oak, 

 and it appears in the winged state earlier in the year than any other 

 species : I have seen it out the end of March. 



14. E. exiguata. I have bred this species from larvae which 

 fed upon the whitethorn : I expect it also feeds upon the beech, as it 

 abounds on the trunks of those trees in some parts of our forest, 

 where there seems to be nothing else for it to feed upon, as there is 

 no underwood. 



19. E. dodoneata. The larva of this small species feeds upon the 

 oak, and I think Mr. Bentley told me that he had bred it from 

 the gale (Myrica Gale). 



21. E. constrictata. H.-Schaeffer's figures 162 and 163, E. dis- 

 tinctaria, very closely resemble this insect, but this species is 

 considered identical with the E. Libanotidata of Schloeger, which I 



