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OBSERVATIONS. 
LEriDOPTERA 
A List of Lepidoptera occurring in 
the neighbourhood of Plymouth, by 
J. S. Dell, Esq. 
Continued. 
Ilecatera Serena. Frequent. Larva 
in flowers of dandelion. 
Folia Chi. Not frequently met with. 
P. Flavocincta. Common at sugar. 
Larva in the gardens, feeding on 
mint. 
Epunda Lutulenta. Not common. 
Larva on wild Strawberry and 
Sallow buds. 
E. nigra. Frequent at sugar. Larva 
on dock and Groundsel. 
E. viminalis. Not common. Larva 
taken on some low plants, — I 
hardly know what, — but it 
produced the imago of Viminalis. 
E. Lichenea. I think there is a very 
wrong idea concerning this species 
from its habitat, that it is hard 
to rear, but I do not believe it. 
I sent some larvae to a gentleman 
in London, and he bred them 
to the perfect insect, and from 
these obtained fresh oya, some of 
which he sent to me. They hat- 
ched, and 1 had forgotten them 
