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from one to two lines wider than 
captured ones. 
“ Suffumata. Reared from the 
egg on Galium mollugo. 
“ Silaceata. Reared on Willow 
herb ( Epilobium august folium ), — 
won’t eat Aspen. 
“ Testata. Captured and reared 
on Birch and Sallow. 
“ Pyraliata. Captured and rear- 
ed on various kinds of bedstraws. — 
Rev. J. Hellins, Chaplain's House, 
County Prison, Exeter. 
To be continuned. 
A list of Lepidoptera occurring in 
the neighbourhood of Yorlc, by Mr. W . 
Pbest. 
L. testacea. Rather common at light. 
“ cespitis. Rare at light. 
M. Abjecta. Rare. 
“ anceps. Occurs at sugar. 
“ furva. I had the pletsure of tak- 
ing this species at York for the 
first time last year. I took it 
at sugar on a gate post. 
“ brassicce. Common. 
A. basilinea. Common. 
“ Connexa. Common at sugar in 
Sutton wood. 
“ Gemina. Common, we take some 
very remarkable varieties. 
“ unanimis. A few at sugar. 
“ fibrosa. Common at sugar and 
flowers of the rush ; we take a 
number of pale varieties. 
M. strigilis. Abundant at sugar. 
“ fasciuncula. Occurs at sugar. 
“ Literosa. ditto. 
“ furuncula. Seems to be rare here. 
M. arcuosa. Taken commonly flying 
at dusk, but only males. The 
female seems rare, for I never 
took but two, and they were 
beaten out in the day time. 
C. Haworthii. A few at sugar and 
flowers of the rush. 
G. Trilinea. Common, the dark 
variety rare. 
H. palustris. Why Mr. Doubleday 
has erased this species from 
his list, I cannot tell, for there 
is no doubt about its having been 
taken at York. The locality 
where Mr. Allis’ specimen was 
taken, is, I am sorry to say, 
now in cultivation. 
C. Morpheus. Not common. 
“ alsines. ditto 
“ blanda. Common. 
“ Cubicularis. ditto 
P. tenebrosa. Some years abundant. 
A. valligera , Rare. 
• “ suffusa. Not very common. 
“ saucia. Three specimens of this 
species were taken at sugar 
in 1858, and it has not been 
seen since. I believe it had not 
been seen in this locality before. 
“ segetum. Common. 
“ exclamationis. Abundant. 
“ corticea. Not common. 
“ nigricans. Common. 
“ agathina. Very abundant in the 
larva state, but 'most difficult to 
rear: out of some hundreds of 
larvae last season only one speci- 
men has been bred here : and 
that was a cripple. The larva 
is found by sweeping the heather 
in April and May at dusk. 
