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easily in the daytime, as the plants which their feeding has bared of 

 leaves — frequently the central stalk being about all that is left — are 

 readily seen : and then, by following the stem down to the ground, 

 a fine fat larva, sometimes two or more, will usually be found coiled 

 up in the moss on the ground. The pale southern form of Epunda 

 viminalis, too, is very plentiful at sugar in July, and quite swarms 

 in the larva state in May. The sallow bushes are full of them, and 

 a fair-sized tin box may often be filled with larvee from one low bush. 

 With them will generally be found a fair sprinkling of those of 

 Orthosia lota, with here and there a few of one or two species of the 

 Xanthias. Other larvas include Taniocampa crnda in plenty, and miniosa 

 less commonly; and in the evening big fat Tryphoenajimhria are plentiful 

 enough, along with several of the common LeucanldcB and NoctuidcB. 

 Of imagos at sugar may be mentioned Thyatira derasa and hatis ; 

 Oymatophora duplaris, common ; Acronycta psi, ligustri, and rumicis ; 

 Xylophasia lithoxylea and hepatica, common ; Carad.rina Morpheus, not 

 uncommon ; Agrotis ravida ; 2'ryphoena fimbria, abundant ; Gonoptera 

 lihatrix, and many others. The pretty Erastria fuscula flies freely in 

 some of the broad rides ; and last May I took a late specimen of 

 Toeniocampa gracilis. 



Amongst the Deltoides, Herminia oarhalis and Rivula seiicealis are 

 both very common ; whilst the Py rales are represented by Ebulea 

 crocealis in abundance amongst fleabane ; a few Botys cinctalis ; with 

 Pyrausta purpuralis, Botys verticalis, Juscalis, and iirticalis ; Scopula 

 clival?^ and prunalis ; Scoparia cembroe and mercuralis in more or less 

 abundance. 



Of Crambites occur Crambiis pascuellus, pinetellus, and Warrington- 

 ellus ; Phycis rohorella ; the neat Bhodophcea consociella, rather 

 commonly in some of the higher parts of the ground ; whilst R. 

 tumidella is apparently abundant about the oaks all over the 

 woods. 



A Tinea which pleased me much was the very pretty Coleophora 

 vihicella : its larva feeds on the Genista tinctoria, and they seemed to 

 abound everywhere where that plant grew. The cases are very notice- 

 able, being just like large black seed vessels, and the plants were 

 perfectly studded with them. On the 26th June, 1878, I collected 

 great numbers of them containing both larvee and pupae, from which 

 I reared a large number of beautiful imagos ; as well as a minute 

 hymenopterous parasite which I am told is perfectly new and un- 

 described. 



