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Insects. 



brunnea, N. bella (Bork.), Rubi (View.), N. neglecta, Xanthia Silago, 

 X. Cerago, Polia Chi, Epunda nigra, Hadena Chenopodii, Xylina petri- 

 ficata, Heliothis marginata, Anarta Myrtilli, Plusia pulchriiia, Stilbia 

 anomala.* 



Deltoides. Hypenodes costaestrigalis. 



Pyralites. Pyrausta purpuralis, Botys fuscalis,* Scopula etialis,* 

 S. ferrugalis. 



Crambites. Crambus margaritellus, C. perlellus, C. Warrington- 

 ellus, C. geniculeus,* Aphomia sociella.* 



Bombyx Rubi. Of thirty-six larvae of this species collected on the 

 Cliffs on the 26th of September it may be worth noting that eleven 

 were feeding on Lotus corniculatus, eight on Calluna vulgaris, five on 

 Trifolium pratense, four on Erica cinerea, four on Rubus caesius, three 

 on Viola canina, and two on Thymus Serpyllum. In confinement, 

 however, they all appear to prefer bramble leaves to any other food. 

 The painful irritation of the skin caused by handling them did not 

 entirely subside till the fifteenth day. The only other larva from 

 which I have experienced the same unpleasant infliction in any marked 

 degree is that of Liparis chrysorrhcea. 



Boarmia cinctaria. This species must be double-brooded here. 

 Three young larvae taken in June, 1859, fed up fast upon Aira canes- 

 cens, and appeared in the perfect state in the middle of August. The 

 larvae of B. repandata, which abound here, feed upon various species 

 of Rumex. " Larva living on trees." — (Staint. Man. ii. 25). 



Gnophos obscurata. A form of this insect intermediate between 

 the true obscurata and the var. pullata is not uncommon at the foot of 

 the cliffs, south of Cornah Harbour. It flies madly over the huge 

 fallen masses of rock in the hot sunshine, and as soon as the sky is 

 overcast disappears and lies so close that it is almost impossible to put 

 it up. Hence its capture is by no means easy. 



Eupithecia pumilata. This pretty little insect is by no means scarce. 

 But on what plant does the larva feed ? Clematis and Convolvulus 

 are both absent from our flora hereabouts ; so, too, is the common 

 Anthriscus sylvestris, upon which Mr. Crewe reared it. The only 

 Umbcllifer growing in any plenty here is the usually rare Carum ver- 

 ticillatum, and upon this I cannot find it. 



Anaitis plagiata. In the warm cozy Kentish woods, where I first 

 met with this graceful species in plenty, Hypericum perforatum and 

 H. hirsutum were the sole representatives of its favourite order. Here 

 on our wild storm-beaten cliffs, where it is equally abundant, they are 



