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LEPIDOPTERA OF THE BRISTOL DISTRICT. 
Eup(Ecilia affinitana. D. Also found by Mr. Grigg amongst 
aster trij^olium near Sea Mills, but scarce. 
The larvse probably feed on this plant, as 
well as on statice armeria, which does not 
grow on the banks of the Avon. 
„ udana. G. ( = griseana. St.) Scarce, in July, 
at Stapleton, in Rudge Wood, near Almonds- 
bury; and in Leigh Woods, The larv^ are 
said to feed in stems of alisma plantago, in 
September and October. 
„ notulana. Z. “ Local, but not scarce, at the end 
of June, in marshy places and about ditches 
near Almondsbury.” The larvfe feed in the 
autumn in stems of mentha hirsuita, &c. 
„ RUPicoLANA. C. Woodland Copse, near Almonds- 
bury ; Brislington, and the Portishead Railway 
bank, amongst hemp-agrimony, on which the 
larvae feed. 
„ ROSEANA. H. Larvae common in heads of teasles, 
in the winter and spring, at Wotton-under- 
Edge, Horfield, Portishead Railway banks, &c. 
,, SUB-ROSEANA. H. Common but local, near Almonds- 
bury ; and in the quarries on the Somerset- 
shire bank of the Avon. 
„ ciLTANA. H. ( = EUFiciLiANA. St ) Scai’ce at 
Wotton-under-Edge ; and in Leigh Woods, by 
Mr. Grigg. Should be looked for in cowslip- 
fields, in May and June. 
Xanthosetia z(egaka. L. Generally distributed throughout 
the district on dry hill sides, but not com- 
mon. 
,, hamana. L. Common everywhere, amongst 
thistles. 
