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THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
W. Dromedarius. Not common. Lar- 
va on Hazel. September. 
*• Ziczac. Common. Larva on As- 
pen. 
P. Palpina. Rare. From a pupa 
dug in turfy grass at sallow. 
D. Chaonia. Rare. 
L. Dictcsa. Not uncommon at light. 
Larva on Willow. 
L. Catnelina. Common. From larva 
on Crab-apple and Hazel. 
D. Cceruleocephala. This species, so 
common in some localities, is 
not so here. Imago taken at 
light. 
P, Cassinea. Not common. 
“ Trepida. Not common. 
“ Bucephala. Very common. The 
Larva entirely strips the orna- 
mental Lime and Oak trees here 
in September and October. 
“ Monacha. Not common. Larva 
taken at Bickleigli on oak. 
D. Pudibunda. Common. Larva 
taken on Privet and Hazel. 
O. Antigua. Not common. Larva 
taken at Bickleigh and West 
Park. 
L. Complana. Not common. 
“ Complanula. Common. Taken 
from Lichen on Beech. Larva 
fed on leaves of Beech and 
Whitethorn. 
“ Griseola. Not common. 
G. Rubricollh. Common. I once 
found a number of pupae in an 
old decayed beam, pulled down 
from an old out house. 
P. Irrorella. Not common. Taken 
at Bampool and Whitsand Bay. 
JV. Mundana. I have taken this 
species, but I cannot tell ex- 
actly where. 
H. Dominula. Common Larva on. 
nettle and dandelion. Imagos at 
Bickleigh, flying in hot sunshine. 
E. Russula. Not common. At 
Haugh and Bickleigh, starting 
out from amongst ferns. 
A. Caja. Common. I have bred 
very dark specimens by feeding 
the larvae on oak. 
“ Villica. Common. I have seen 
beautiful varieties of this and the ' 
above taken here. 
P. Fuiiginosa. Common. Larva on 
nettle. 
“ Menthastri. Common. 
“ Zubrtcipeda. Common. A great 
post to the Florist in the larva 
state. 
P. Mendica. Common. Larva on 
plantain. 
E. Jacobaice. Common. I saw one 
once with hardly any red in it 
at all. The orange-striped larva 
in great numbers on groundsel. 
L. Rubi. Very common in the larva 
state, and a very hard species to 
rear. I bred an imago from a 
larva that fed up on willow. 
“ Trifolii. Common on the coast at 
Bovesand and Whitsand. In 
the larva state on fine grass and 
Birdsfoot Trefoil, and the flowers 
of furze. Rather scarce since 
1859 . 
“ Quercus. Common, — mostly in 
the larva state. I was much 
surprised once, on coming home 
from an entomological trip, to 
