LEPIDOPTERA OP THE BRISTOL DISTRICT* 
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PoEDisoA soLANDRiANA. L* Common and very variable in 
colour and markings, amongst bircbes. Larvae 
in rolled-up leaves. 
5^ SORDIDANA. H. ( = STABILANA. St.) Mr. Hill 
records this as “ not scarce amongst alders in 
woods near Almondsburj, but local.” 
Ephippiphora ■ BiMAcuLANA. D. On birch-trunks near Ah 
mondsbury ; and in Leigh Woods. 
,5 cirsiana. Z. Common in woods and fields at 
Almondsbury, Patchway, Stapleton; Leigh, 
Portishead, &c., amongst thistles. 
„ pflugtana. H. ( = scutulana. St.) Abundant 
amongst thistles, throughout the district. 
„ beunnichiana. W.V. Abundant everywhere amongst 
coltsfoot ; varies in colour. 
,, fgeneana. L. This species, and its dark variety, 
are reported by Mr. Perkins as rather plentiful 
near Wotton-under-Edge ; it is also found 
on the Somersetshire coast of the Bristol 
Channel. 
,, ntgrocostana. H. One larva in Stachys sylvatica 
root at Kedland, by Mr, Grigg ; scarce in 
Woodland Copse near Almondsbury; and by 
Mr. Vaughan in Leigh Woods. 
• „ signataea. D. Scarce amongst aspens in Hortham 
Wood, Almondsbury, by Mr. Hill ; and on 
Leigh Down by Mr, Vaughan. 
„• trigeminana. St. Common on railway banks, 
amongst ragwort, throughout the district. 
,, tetbagonana. S. Hortham Wood, Almondsbury, 
Wotton-under-Edge ; and Brislington. Scarce. 
,, populaka. F. Larvae amongst sallows in Frome 
Glen near Stapleton, in March, 1881, by Mr. 
