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LEPIDOPTERA OF THE BRISTOL DISTRICT. 
SciAPHiLA NUBiLANA. H. Abundant at Stapleton and near 
Almondsbury, flying at dusk over hawthorn, in 
June and July. 
„ PERTERANA. G. ( = coNSPEESANA. St.) One Specimen 
in Frome Glen, by Mr. Harding, and scarce 
on trees in Stoke Park, near Almondsbury, by 
Mr. Allen Hill. 
„ suBJECTANA. G. Abundant everywhere. 
,, viRGAUREANA. T. Commoii everywhere. 
„ CHRYSANTHEANA. 1). ( = ALTERNELLA. St.) Leigh 
Woods, scarce, by Mr. Grigg and Mr. 
Vaughan. The former tells me he found 
larvae on Inula conyza at Leigh, in July, 1880, 
which produced this species. 
„ PAsiVANA. H. ( = SJNUAXA. St.) This local and scarce 
species is recorded by Mr. Harding from 
Frome Glen, near Stapleton ; also in Stainton's 
Manual, Vol. II., p. 258, from Clevedon, 
Somerset. I know of no recent captures. 
,, ABRASAUfA. D. Reported from Frome Glen, near 
Stapleton by Mr. Harding ; scarce. 
„ HYBRID ANA. H. Durdham Down, Stapleton, Patch- 
way, &c. ; not common. 
Sphaleroptera ictericana. H. “ Boiling Wells,” and South 
Wales Railway banks, near Bristol, Durdham 
Down, Wotton-under-Edge, &c. Flies at dusk 
in June and July, and comes to light. Not 
very common. 
Clepsis rusticana. T. Scarce amongst maples near Almonds- 
bury, in J une ; flies in the sunshine. 
Baotra lanceolana. H. Abundant amongst rushes, and 
variable in colour and markings. 
Phoxopteryx biarcuana. S. Scarce in Hortham Wood, 
