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A. rumicis. — -Common at sugar, also sits on 

 trees and palings. 



A. myritiz only in Scotland. At Rannock it 

 is plentiful, and probably in other similar 

 localities. 



M. albicolon. — Not unfrequent on the coast, 

 in some places very common. It flies to 

 flowers, and comes freely to sugar. 



M. brassicas. — Only too common, especially 

 about gardens. 



A . basilinea. — Common at sugar, on palings, 

 &c. 



G. trilinea. — Not rare, comes to sugar, Sec, 

 A dark variety, in which the lines are not so 

 distinct is not unfrequent. 



H. palustris. — Very rare, has been taken at 

 marshy places in a few localities. Merrin 

 says it has been taken at light. 



R. tenebrosa. — Common. Comes freely to 

 sugar, or may be taken at Silenc flowers. 



D. carpophaga, — Merrin says this species 

 flies to light. We have taken it very freely 

 at flowers of Silene inflata (on which the larva 

 feeds), and rarely on palings. 



D. capsuphila. — Supposed by some to be a 

 variety of the last. It only occurs in the Isle 

 of Man, and in Ireland. 



D. capsineola, and D. cucubali. — Both fly to 

 flowers, and we have once taken the latter 

 species at sugar. These insects are easily 

 mistaken for each other, but fine specimens 

 of cucubali have a beautiful purple tinge, 

 while capsineola is always brown. In worn 

 specimens, they may be easiest distinguished 

 by the wavy line close to the hind margin, 

 which is very distinct in cucubali. 



E. lucipava. — A common species, sits on 

 trees or palings, and comes to sugar. 



H. adusta and thalassina. — Both common. 

 Come freely to sugar, and sits cn tree trunks. 



H. genistas. — Only in the south. 



H. rectilinea. — Rather scarce. It occurs in 

 Yorkshire and in Scotland, and is of similar 

 habits to the other of the genus. 



C. pct'spicilaris, — One of the rarest of the 

 British species. Two specimens are recorded, 

 one at Yarmouth, and one at Ashford in Kent. 



C. scrophiilarice. — We know nothing of the 

 I occurrence of this species in Britain (see 



page 187). Mr. Owen Wilson figures the 

 I larva of this species, but we cannot see where 



his figure differs from that of vcrbasci, and 

 : both of them are blue instead of yellow. We 



do not presume to speak authoritatively, but 

 1 would like some confirmatory evidence of the 

 j occurrence of Scrophularioe in this country. 



C. asteris. — A scarce species, and like most 

 j of the sharks, easier to obtain in the larva 

 j state. 



H . marginata. — The commonest of the genus, 

 I and very abundant in some places. It comes 

 freely to sugar, and to flowers of Silene, 

 Viper's Bugloss, Sec. 



A, cordigcra. — Only at Rannock, in Perth- 

 shire. It flies by day, in the sun, as does the 

 more generally distributed A. myvtiUi. 



II. arbuti. — Flies in the sun in grassy places. 

 Not rare. 



A. luctuvsa. — Another day-flyer, but only 

 occurring in the Southern counties, 

 t C. akhymista. — Only one or two specimens 

 of this insect have been taken, the Isle of 

 Wight, and we believe, the New Forest, being 

 the localities. 



0. lunaris. — Another very rare species. 

 Specimens have been taken at sugar. Hamp- 

 ■ shire and West Wickham Wood being the 

 j only localities we know of, 



Euclidia mi.— A very common species, flying 

 in the bright sun, generally making but a 

 short flight. It hovers over flowers, and we 

 have also seen it at sugar once or twice. 



Railway banks are likely places for it to be 

 found. 



E. glypliica. — Not so common as mi, but 

 generally distributed. Of similar habits to 

 the last, but more of a wood insect, and safe 

 to occur on grassy banks at their edges. 



The list of imagines for June is so very 

 long, that we purpose only to enumerate what 

 are likely to come in the way of a beginner 

 though who take everything they see, 

 often get hold of an unexpected prize 



