Insects. 173 



Macroglossa Stellatarum. Rather plentiful in my garden last sum- 

 mer, frequenting the flowers of the larkspur. 



Sesia Fuciformis, (Curtis). One specimen taken and two others seen 

 in Spelting wood, in May. 



Ptilopho7'a variegata. Two males taken from the blackthorn on 

 the 18th and 24th of November, last year. 



Trichiura Cratcegi. Rather plentiful : the larvae, which are very 

 variable, feed on the hazel, white and black thorn. 



Pcecilocampa Populi. Bred from larvae, taken from the oak, ash and 

 willow. 



Gastropacha Quercifolia. Not rare. 



Diaphora mendica. A female, which laid a number of eggs, from 

 which I reared about twenty specimens of both sexes : the females 

 vary much in the number of spots. 



Xylina Lambda. Rather plentiful. It is a very hardy moth : 1 saw 

 two specimens as late as the last day of December, 1842 ; and on the 

 1st of February, 1843, it again made its appearance. 



Calocampa exoleta, A caterpillar found feeding on the hazel, but 

 it died in the chrysalis. 



Miselia Aprilina, Rather plentiful last year ; the larvae feed upon 

 the oak. 



Apatela Aceris. Bred from larvae found on the sycamore, maple 

 and hazel. 



Xanthia Jlavago and fulvago. One specimen of each in Lennage 

 wood. 



Eremohia ochroleuca. Rather plentiful in several places in August 

 and September, generally on the flowers or stem of the knapweed. 



Mormo maura. Very abundant last autumn. 



Cleora cinctaria. One specimen from an oak tree about two miles 

 on the Melford road, on the 30th of April, 1841 ; it is larger and 

 darker than my Kedington specimen. 



Cidaria munitata. One specimen in Lennage wood on the 22nd 

 of June, 1841, taken as it flew from the trunk of an oak. 



Cidaria quadrifasciaria. I saw one specimen of this moth in my 

 garden, but being unprovided with a net at the time, it escaped. 



Polyphasia perfuscata. Three specimens by the side of Lennage 

 wood. 



Anticlea herherata. Took one specimen in my garden in 1841. 



Anticlea ruhidata. One, beaten from a hedge on the Sudbury road 

 about a mile and a half from Lavenham, June 28, 1842. 



Xerene alhicillata. Lennage wood, in June, but rare. 



