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“ The imago appears in June in grassy 
places, occasionally in company with 
D. Petiverella. It occurs throughout 
the metropolitan district, in Yorkshire, 
Cheshire, &c.” 
At the conclusion of the description of 
the next species, Alpinana (p. 106), no 
observations are appended ; this must 
surely be an oversight, as we are not 
told whether the insect is common or 
scarce, when it occurs, nor where it is 
to be met with. According to our own 
experience, the insect 'used to occur at 
Charlton Sand-pit, frequenting tansy, 
at the end of July and beginning of 
August; but probably Mr. Wilkinson 
has something more to say upon the 
subject. 
After the description of the following 
species, Simpliciana, one of the obscurer 
section of the genus, we read — 
“ Not a common species ; tolerably 
constant in size and colour. This is one 
of a group of insects which are exceed- 
ingly difficult to make out. It is allied 
to D. Tunaceti , Satumana and Plumba- 
gana. From Tanaceli it may be dis-* 
tinguished by the costa not being so dis- 
tinctly marked, and the entire absence of 
slightly lustred streaks and markings on 
the disk ; from Satumana by its somewhat 
smaller size, paler colour and obvious, 
though obscure, blotch on the dorsal mar- 
gin, and the absence of metallic marks; 
and from Plumbagana by the same cha- 
racters as from Satumana. 
“The imago appears in June and 
July among mugwort (Artemisia vul- 
garis), and occurs wherever that plant 
grows in plenty. It has been captured 
at Charlton, Greenhiihe, Northfleet and 
Margate, near Dover, in Kent, near 
Croydon and other places round London ; 
also in Worcestershire, Cheshire, &c. 
“ The pupa measures 4 lines in length 
and is of a pale testaceous-brown. 
“ The larva feeds in the roots of Arte- 
misia vulgaris, living therein throughout 
the winter, and assumes the pupa state 
about the month of April. It is of a 
yellowish white colour, with a hazel- 
coloured head.” 
We have not space at present to give 
any further extracts on the group, but 
may perhaps recur to the subject on a 
future occasion. 
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