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were taken in abundance in the fummer of 1795, in many parts of 

 the kingdom, and particularly in Manchester; but fince that time, 

 few, if any, have been met with. 



In point of beauty, this fpecies has an immediate claim to the notice 

 of Englifh Entomologifts. Its larva feeds on nettles, thirties, docks, 

 and other herbage by the fides of ditches, and changes to the pupa 

 ftate about the middle or latter end of July ; the winged Infed ap- 

 pears twelve days after. 



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