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NATURALIST. 



herbalists' shops, and may very likely 

 have been introduced with the dried 

 plants on which the larva feeds. L, 

 purpurana next demands a word. It is 

 «aid in Newman to occur in Scotland 

 and the north of England. It may be 

 80, but we know that some of the north 

 of England specimens were not genuine. 

 It was largely distributed a few years ago 

 by a Mr. Batchelor, but his specimens 

 were also importations for fraudulent 

 purposes. We now come to A. anacho- 

 reta. Some years ago the larvse of this 

 species were found by Dr. Knaggs. It 

 is a species that breeds freely in confine- 

 ment, and was soon in all our cabinets. 

 "We never heard of it being turned up 

 again, but we know that it has been 

 successfully introduced into certain 

 places. The next species is H. palustris. 

 This was first introduced as British by 

 the late Mr. Allis, of York, if our mem- 

 ory serves us right. It was taken by a 

 young man who collected for him, but 

 was stuck on the wall among poor 

 specimens until Mr. Allis recognized it 

 as new. There was sufficient of the 

 element of doubt in this to make those 

 who had not got a specimen hesitate. 

 It was taken again, however, in 1863 

 near Cambridge, and since then has 

 been often obtained, but it is one of 

 those species that are carefully "nursed" 

 and very little is known as to the num- 

 ber that are taken. Among the Dian- 

 thcBcta more additions have been made 

 than in any other genus, and of Mr. 

 Doubleday's doubtful four two have 

 been restored. D. ccBsia and D. alhima- 

 cular, the first occurring in the Isle of 



Man and the latter on the south coast. 

 H. scutosa was placed on our lists on 

 the strength of a specimen said to have 

 been taken at Carlisle. The many years 

 that passed without another turning up 

 made entomologists doubt its claim, but 

 another specimen was taken near Lon- 

 donderry, in Ireland, by Mr. Campbell, 

 two or three years ago. It was named by 

 Mr Birchall, and we quite expect the head 

 quarters of the species to be found 

 some day. These are all the Macro 

 Lepidoptera to which we need refer 

 under this head. On another occasion 

 we may deal with those species that 

 have been attempted to be passed ofi" as 

 British by unscrupulous dealers and 

 collectors. 



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