Some British Moths Described 
Pink-Bar is slightly the smaller. The larva is found 
with those of Fulvago, so they are usually reared | 
together. Expanse of moth, 14 inches. 
Family CosMIIDz. 
Calymnia trapezina : the Dun-Bar (Plate IX., Fig. 7). 
—Common on the borders of Oak-woods at sugar in 
August and September. The larve may be beaten 
from Oak during the summer. They are said to be 
cannibal, but I have not found them so. Given plenty 
of food and space, they are easy to rear. There 1s 
an almost black variety of this moth, but it 1s rare. 
Expanse, to 14 inches, 
Family Hapenip@. 
Dianthecia nana: the Marbled Coronet (Plate IX., 
Fig. 8),—From Shetland to Land’s End this fine species 
can be found all round our coast, on rocky promontory 
or sandy bay. Find the food-plant, and Nana is almost 
invariably present. It lives as a larva on the im- 
mature seed of Selene maritima (the Sea-Campion) in 
July and August ; and as a moth it visits the flowers 
at dusk, draining the chalice of its sweet nectar, 
and in return for the banquet it carries pollen from 
flower to flower, thus insuring a plentiful supply of seed 
for its progeny. The larve are best taken small—in 
fact, they are easier to find then—and the very young 
larve will have suffered little, if anything, from the 
attacks of ichneumons, which render a large quantity of 
fully-fed larve useless; moreover, the well-fed larve 
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