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II. The NocturnL — Of these I have seen but few. Z. Lonicerm 

 occurs in some plenty in one spot — an old sandpit on the Legsby- 

 road, but I have seen it nowhere else. Z. jilipendulce has been common 

 enough in many places. One specimen of S. oeellatus I found at rest 

 in a garden arbour early in July ; 8. populi I have seen in the young 

 larval stage lately. Macroglossa stellatarum I have noticed once at 

 early morn in a garden at Tealby. T. tipuliforme I have once seen; 

 it was at rest upon the counterpane of a bed in which lay a patient, 

 who declared on seeing it that he had been stung by it (or something 

 else !) an hour before : and yet in most respects he is an educated 

 intelligent man ! 



Nola cristulalis is commonly to be seen at rest on tree boles in the 

 fir woods ; E. Jacobeoe in the larval stage swarms upon the sandy 

 warrens, upon the ragwort. Bomhyx Neustria and Liparis auriflua have 

 been abundant as caterpillars upon the thorn hedges ; and C. pota- 

 toria in the wetter parts of the woods about here. 



III. The Geometrce. — I have not had time to capture and note down 

 the names of many of this class. V. maculata I noticed a few 

 examples of, in Legsby Woods, earlier on. B. abietaria and T. crepus- 

 cularia I have seen on tree trunks in the fir woods a few times, 

 and at rest in similar situations or flying over the heathy " openings " 

 of Willingham and Usselby Woods, P. cytisaria has been plentiful. 

 Its larva feeds upon the petty whin {^Genista anglica), which is very 

 plentiful on the warrens and heaths ; whilst its more general food- 

 plant, the broom, is a rare species in the district. Of B. fasciaria I 

 have seen only one specimen, a magnificent fellow, at rest upon a fir- 

 tree bole in Willingham Wood. In the woods upon the way between 

 Rasen and Usselby, M. liturata was very common about six weeks ago, 

 but of F. piniaria, which I expected to find there in May, I could see 

 nothing. atomaria, of the small northern type, is abundant upon the 

 heaths. Of the pugs I have only observed E. nanata, E. minutata and E. 

 rectangulata. The large-leaved Burnet- Saxifrage {Pimpinella magna) is 

 exceedingly abundant all around Rasen, but nevertheless I have failed 

 to find any trace of E. pimpmellata ; perhaps, however, this may be 

 because I do not know how to look for it. A few other of the very 

 commonest Geometra?, such as G. hilineata^ complete my list for this 

 class. 



IV. Pseudo-Bomhyces, — D. cmruloce'phala^ D. furcula, and N. ziczac 

 are all I have so far noticed about Rasen, and of these only single 

 specimens. A few days ago I had a few P. bucephala larvae, which I 

 found feeding upon apple-trees in my garden. Sallows, willows, and 



