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“ Littoralis. Captured near tire 
■ sea, on Sea-reed, or Mat-grass ( Am- 
nophila arundinacea. ) 
“ Impura. Found on luzula pi- 
losa and common Grasses. 
A. Putris. Found on Sea Spinach, 
and on Dock and Plantain. 
X Hepatica. Fed on Grass. 
JI, ffispida. I have twice reared 
a few of this species from larvte fed on 
common Grasses, such as Poa annua 
and Triticum repens, but the moths 
were scarcely full sized. 
A. Oculea. Found in the stem of 
Grasses, — eating the unopened flowers. 
M. Fasciuncula. Found in Spring, 
on Grass, 
C. Cuhicularis. Swarms of larvae 
found in Wheat ricks and Hay stacks ; 
eating grains of corn in the former, 
and grass seeds (?) or corn found 
among the thatch in the latter : found 
also eating meal placed for chickens’ 
food in the vicinity of a hay rick. 
A. Valligera Many larvae raked 
out of sandhills, — would eat Bed- 
straw, — Galium verum and Mollugo, 
also Chickweed, Alsine media, and 
Lettuce. 
“ Suffusa. From a pair of moths 
taken last March, and shut up in a 
box, I obtained a batch of eggs : as 
soon as these appeared, I sowed some 
radish seed, in a large flower pot, 
thinking the larvae would like roots ; 
however, when they hatched, they 
confined their attention solely to the 
radish leaves, and fed on them for 
some time, till I thought of giving 
them lettuce; this they seemed to 
like much better, and fed upon it very 
well, — most ungratefully, escaping at 
the hole in the bottom of the pot, as 
soon as they were full fed, and only 
one remaining to undergo his changes, 
in the place where he had been born 
and brought up. Though these larvae 
did not eat the roots provided for them, 
I should say they were strictly sub- 
terranean in their habits, 
“ Saucia. I once found a single 
larva feeding, in company with a lot 
of vulgar, fat, Mamestra Brassicce on 
the flowers of a Marigold in my garden. 
“ Fxclamationis. Will eat Let- 
tuce and Chickweed. 
“ Cursoria. Found on Airaprce- 
cor, — a hair) grass which grows in 
sandy soils. 
“ Tritici. Found in company 
with, and eating the same food as 
Valligera-, also eats Spergala nodosa (?) 
Spurrey. — Rev. J. Hellins, County 
Prison, Exeter. Oct. 24 th, 1862. 
To he continued. 
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