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various plants. Puwpa black, enclosed in a case. Rather scarce. 
About London, Hertfordshire, Suffolk, Cambridge, Kent, and 
Surrey. 
Tue Hens, THE Purrie, and tur Courrier (A. Hebe, A. 
Purpurea, and A, Aulica, ScuRanK). Said to be British on 
doubtful authority. 
NEMEOPHILA (SrEerHENs). 
Tue Woop Ticker (Nemeophila Plantaginis, SrEPHUNS) ap- 
pears the middle or end of June. Wings of the male one inch 
one half to two-thirds, female one inch seyen-twelfths to five- 
sixths; first pair black, irregularly streaked with yellow; second 
pair red or yellow, with irregular long black streaks and spots. 
Caterpillar, black, with the six middle segments yellow : feeds on 
plantain. Pupa dark. Not common, Yorkshire, Westmore- 
land, Kent, and Surrey. 
PHRAGMATOBIA (STEPHENS). 
Tue Runy Ticer (Phragmatobia fuliginosa, STEPHENS) ap- 
pears the beginning of July. Wings five-sixths to one inch 
one-half; first pair of a reddish-brown, with two black spots in 
the centre; second pair red, with a row of black spots towards 
the hinder margin; abdomen above red, with a row of black 
spots. Caterpillar, rust red, with the head and fore-legs black : 
feeds on plantain, dock, nettle, &c. Not common. Dublin, 
Durham, Yorkshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, and Surrey. 
SPILOSOMA (SrerHENs). 
Tne Grear Ermine (Spilosoma Menthrasti, SterHENs) ap- 
pears in May. Wings of the male one inch one-half to three- 
fourths, female one inch one-half to eleven-twelfths, whitish, 
spotted with black, and having several black lines towards the 
posterior margin; antennee black; the abdomen above yellow, 
with five rows of black spots; the fore-legs yellow. Caterpillar 
hairy, brown, with a red streak on the sides. Pupa sub- 
terraneous, reddish, in a loose cocoon. Not scarce. Near 
eo York, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Epping, and Cambridge- 
shire, 
Tae Dinoy Wuirte (Sp. Urtice, SterHENs). Wings one inch 
seven-twelfths, whitish; first pair with a minute black dot on the 
disc; second pair with three dusky spots; the antennz white. 
Caterpillar, similar to the preceding. Rare, Epping Forest, and 
Yorkshire. 
Tne Water Ermine (Sp. Papyratia, SrePHENs) appears the 
middle of June. Wings one inch one-half to two-thirds, white ; 
first pair with three or four black spots on the dise, and a streak 
of black spots (about ten in number) towards the tip; second 
pair generally spotless; the corselet and tip of the abdomen 
show white, Caterpillar, deep brown: feeds on water-mint, 
ta ladies bed-straw, &c. Pupadusky. Rather rare, Near 
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