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LEPIDOPTERA OF THE BRISTOL DISTRICT. 
Gifford, on apple, produced an imago the 
following spring. A fine male was bred by 
the Rev. Jos. Greene, on April 29th, 1878, from 
a larva found the previous year in the Gully, 
on hazel. Mr. Greene also found, some time 
previously, a dead larva at the foot of an elm 
tree at Stapleton. An imago found at rest on 
a stone-wall at Woodchester, in July, 1879, is 
recorded by the Rev. H. S. Gates, O.P. j also 
a larva in the same locality in 1880. 
Somerset. Reported only from Leigh Woods 
and Portishead. This species seems to be 
widely distributed throughout the country, but 
is everywhere scarce, probably in consequence 
of the larvae being so susceptible to attack from 
hymenopterous and dipterous parasites, The 
moth is very rare on the Continent, and is 
therefore not in every British collection. 
Acronycta ligustri, W.V. Generally distributed throughout 
the district, but scarce. 
„ RUMiCTS. Generally distributed and common 
Leucania conigera. W.V. Generally distributed and not scarce. 
„ * lithargyria. E. Glos. Durdham Down, Stapleton, 
Wotton-under-Edge, Woodchester. 
Somerset. Brislington, Wells, Weston, &c. 
„ littoralis. C. Glos. One specimen at sugar at 
Stapleton, by Mr. Harding. 
Somerset. Weston-super-Mare, g.r.c. 
„ COMMA. L. Generally distributed and common, 
„ STRAMiNEA. T. SOMERSET. Dr. Livett reports this 
species from marshes near Wells, and it is also 
marked on Mr. Crotch’s list from Weston-super- 
Mare. 
