160 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF LEYTON AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.
L. lithargyria. Occasionally at sugar in garden ; common in
the Forest.
L. comma. Somewhat rare at sugar ; and on the wing.
L. impura. Common at sugar and on the wing, both in garden
and Forest.
L. pallens. Very common at sugar and on wing, in garden and
Forest.
Nonagria despecta. In Forest, about swampy parts of
"Rushey Plain" ; not at Leyton.
N. fulva. Same remarks as under preceding species.
Hydraecia nictitans. Fairly common at sugar and on wing,
in garden and Forest.
H. micacea. Occasionally at sugar; more frequently on
flowers at night.
Xylophasia lithoxylea. Common at sugar, and on fences
by day.
X. polyodon. Abundant at sugar, at lime blossom, and on
the wing.
Dipterygia pinastri.3 Occasionally at sugar in the garden ;
fairly common in Forest.
Heliophobus popularis. Occasionally at light.
Luperina testacea. Common at rest on fences by day, on
the wing, and at light.
Mamestra anceps. Once at sugar in Forest ("Rushey
Plain"), June 18th, 1870.
M. brassicae. Abundant at sugar, on fences, and on the wing.
M. persicariae. Not common at sugar ; larva common on
garden dahlia, &c.
Apamea ophiogramma. Once on wing in garden at Wan-
stead.
A. oculea. Abundant on the wing, at sugar, light, and lime
blossom.
Miana strigilis. Common at sugar and on fences, in garden
and Forest.
M. fasciuncula. At sugar in garden and Forest; not
common.
M. furuncula. Very common at sugar, and on wing in garden
and Forest.
3 I have records of this and many other species having been taken on the leaves of currant
bushes and nettles covered with "honey dew" (Aphis secretion). See "Entomologist," vol.
iv., p. 303.