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Rh of which the larva feeds, in Scotland, the New Forest, Hants, and elsewhere

Eupithecia venosata, Fab. Halton, Chesham, Buckingham, Taplow ; among Silene inflate

consignata, Bkh. ; insigniata, St.C. This scarce species has been taken at Chalfont St. Peter by the Rev. J. S. St. John

pulchellata, Steph. Halton ; the larva in the flowers of foxglove

centaureata, Schiff. ; oblongata, St.C. Generally distributed in gardens and lanes

succenturiata, Linn. Halton, Marlow ; among mugwort, not common

subfulvata, Haw. Chalfont St. Peter, Halton, Chesham ; among ragwort and yarrow

subumbrata, Schiff. ; scabiosata, St.C. Only taken at Halton and Wendover

pusillata, Schiff. Halton ; among spruce fir

indigata, Hb. Halton and Chesham ; among fir

constrictata, Gn. The larva was found near Drayton Beauchamp, feeding on flowers of thyme, by the Rev. H. H. Crewe, forty years since

castigata, Haw. Chesham, Chalfont St. Peter ; common at Halton and Amersham

lariciata, Frr. Taken at Chesham among larch by Dr. Churchill

albipunctata, Haw. The larva was found at Drayton Beauchamp and near Tring at the border of this county, on Angelica and Heracleum, by the late Rev. H. H. Crewe. The moth is rarely captured

helveticata, Bdv., and its variety arceuthata, Frr. Beaten out of junipers on rough chalky hillsides near Halton, by the Rev. J. Greene, and towards Tring by the Rev. H. H. Crewe ; and the larvæ taken in plenty from the same bushes. The Rev. J. Greene, who happily still lives, and has assisted in drawing up this paper, says : ' My friend the late Rev. H. H. Crewe, M.A., was then devoting himself to the discovery of the larvæ of this interesting genus (Eupithecia), and with such success that, aided by friends, he discovered and described all the larvæ unknown in Stainton's Manual, and also succeeded in adding not a few to the British fauna. I hope that I may be permitted to say that I never met, nor heard of, such a larva hunter ; he was a first-rate botanist, both as regards wild flowers and cultivated ; had a marvellously quick eye ; and never gave in '

Eupithecia satyrata, Hb. Amersham, Halton The Rev. J. Greene says : ' In the Beech Wood was a small meadow surrounded on three sides by fine beeches ; out of these I beat, in the daytime, this moth in great profusion, but found that they differed from the ordinary form, and this variety was named by Mr. Stainton, callunaria. Mr. Crewe found that it fed as a larva on Gentiana campestris.' It is curious that this variety should so closely coincide with that which is so abundant among heather in Scotland

plumbeolata, Haw. Halton ; larvae found in the flowers of Melampyrum

trisignata, H.S. Drayton Beauchamp and elsewhere towards Tring ; the larva feeding on blossoms of Angelica sylvestris

valerianata, Hb. ; viminata, Dbld. Halton ; larvæ on flowers of Valeriana officinalis

fraxinata. Halton. The Rev. J. Greene found the pupa under moss on ash, on the leaves of which the larva feeds

subnotata, Hb. Chesham ; among Chenopodium

campanulata, H.S. Chesham, Drayton Beauchamp. This is one of the novelties discovered by the Rev. H. H. Crewe, who found its larva feeding in the blossoms of Campanula trachelium

vulgata, Haw. Common everywhere, especially in gardens

absynthiata, Linn. Chalfont St. Peter, common at Halton ; larva on various composite flowers

minutata, Hb. Taken at Chesham by Dr. Churchill

assimillata, Dbld. Drayton Beauchamp, common at Halton and Chesham ; in gardens about currant and hop

tenuiata, Hb. Halton ; reared from sallow catkins

subciliata, Gn. Halton ; among maples

dodonaeata, Gn. Halton ; scarce

abbreviata, Steph. Halton ; among oak

exiguata, Hb. Chesham, Halton, Chalfont St. Peter, Buckingham, Wendover ; among hawthorn

sobrinata, Hb. Halton, the Chilterns ; among juniper

debiliata, Hb. Reared by the Rev. H. H. Crewe from larvæ found near Drayton Beauchamp. Its usual food is whortleberry

coronata, Hb. Chesham, Leckhampstead

rectangulata, Linn. Generally distributed ; too common in orchards, the larva devouring the stamens of the apple-blossom, and destroying the promise of fruit