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and, after two unsuccessful attempts in one day, he succeeded 
on the following day in taking it. During the time when the 
insect was abundant, many letters referring to it appeared in the 
Times newspaper, and in these it was constantly stated that 
the insect visits only scarlet or bright-coloured flowers, such as 
the scarlet geranium and verbena ; but if closely watched it 
will be found not to confine itself to any particular flower, 
and in the case just mentioned it chose the sweet williams, 
though these were at the time quite on the decline, and there 
was abundance both of geraniums and verbenas in the garden. 
While staying at Pensarn he observed one of these moths 
on two successive days resting during the hottest part of the 
day on a newly whitewashed wall. It might be supposed 
that the most likely place to find the moth would be hover- 
ing over the plants on which the larvae feed, which are 
Galium verum and G. molluga ; hut, while in Wales in 
August, he visited a spot daily, for a fortnight, where these 
plants were growing in great luxuriance, and never once saw 
the moth at that place, though he found the larva and suc- 
ceeded in rearing it. The pupa cannot be said to bury itself 
in the earth, for it is found with only a few leaves drawn 
together over it. 
Mr. Linton also announced having bred the butterfly, 
Grapta C. album, from the larva taken by himself at Aber- 
gele. 
