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 INSECTS A, badiata and A. nigrofasciaria (derivata, Bork.) occur among wild rose in many parts of the county ; the former is abundant and the latter, as a rule, decidedly scarce. A. berberata is extremely local ; it was formerly found at Epping, and is still plentiful in the Saffron Walden district. Coremia designata (propugnata, Fb.) has been found at West Bergholt, Great Tey, Langham and near Harwich, but does not seem to be com- mon generally. C.ferrugata and C. unidentaria are to be found every- where and often in abundance. C. quadrifasciaria is scarce but is well distributed, the known localities being too numerous to mention. Camp- togramma bilineata is very common, but C.Jluviata is rare, single specimens only having been recorded from Colchester, Pitsea, Leigh, Woodford, Hainault and Rainham. Pbibalapteryx tersata and P. vitalbata are gener- ally to be found among Clematis. P. vittata (lignata, Hb.) is scarce, but was once taken at West Bergholt by Mr. J. G. Grapes, and others have been captured by Mr. Burrows at Rainham. T'riphosa dubitata and Eucosmia certata are found in Epping Forest and at Saffron Walden. The latter also occurs occasionally at Colchester. E. undulata inhabits most woods, but is not common. Scotosia vetu/afa and S. rhamnata are also Epping and Saffron Walden insects. Cidaria miata is of general occurrence, especially at gas lamps. C. picata has a wide distribution, and was no rarity previous to the great drought of 1893, but has been very difficult to find since. C. corylata and C. truncata (russata, Bork.) are common everywhere. C. immanata, which is by some authors considered a form of truncata, is much less common. C. suffumata seems to occur freely at Epping and Maldon, and Mr. Mathew finds it in the Harwich district, but it is rarely taken at Colchester. C. silaceata is rare, but has been found at Colchester and Epping. C. prunata was formerly common at Epping, where Mr. Doubleday says ' it sometimes strips the currant bushes of their leaves ' ; Mr. Fitch says it is also found at Maldon. C. testata is of frequent occurrence among sallow and birch. C. fufoata is common among wild rose. C. dotata (pyraliata, Fb.) is widely distributed, but by no means abundant. C. associata (dotata, Gn.) occurs freely in gardens among currant. Pelurga comitata is sometimes plentiful among Chenopodium. EUBOLIID^E Eubolia ceruinata is common among mallow and hollyhock. E. limi- tata (mensuraria, Schiff.) abounds among vetches. E. plumbaria (palum- baria, Bork.) is sometimes common in heathy places among furze. E. bipunctaria is local, but occurs at Epping, Southend and Harwich. It was once seen in some numbers at Walton-on-the-Naze, but the encroach- ments of the sea seem to have been fatal to it. Anaitis plagiata is of general occurrence among Hypericum. Cbesias spartiata abounds among broom. C. rufata (pbliquaria, Bork.), though very much scarcer, is pro- bably also found in most places where broom grows freely. SIONID-ffi Tanagra atrata (cbaeropbyllata, L.) is recorded from Epping and Hainault. ,