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LARGE SWORD-GRASS MOTH. 
kind of plant but prefers spinach, lettuce, and aspa- 
ragus. The moth is found in summer and autumn, 
and although far from being common, occurs now 
and then in marshy places in many parts of the 
coimtry. We have found it near Jedburgh, at 
Duddingston in the vicinity of Edinburgh, and have 
seen examples from Perthshire. In England it lias 
been taken at Darenth Wood, near Oxford, and 
in several other stations. “ Several specimens 
were taken at Jardine Hall on the skep during the 
month of January of the present year.” Sir W. 
Jardine, Bart. 
THE APRIL MISELIA. 
Miselia Aprilina. 
PLATE XXIII. Fig. 1. 
Phal. Noct. Aprilina, Ztnw.— Nootua Runica, Fair. — Phal. 
Runica, Don. x. PI. 354. — Marvel du Jour, Harris. — Mi- 
selia Aprilina, Oc/isen, Steph. 
The beautiful little group distinguished by the name 
of Miselia (from /uestv to hate and the sun ), 
is recognised by the antenn® being long, robust 
in the males and sometimes slightly serrated : the 
maxill® about the length of the antermsej the 
palpi ivith the radical joint rather robust, the second 
long and not so thick, the thud shortest and ovate, 
all of them thickly clothed with scales except the 
