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INTRODUCTION.
N. Larvæ terricolæ. Agrotis suffusa.
O. ...... largo-striatæ.
P. ...... obliquo-striatæ. Phlogophera meticulosa.
Q. ...... arcto-striatæ. Leucania comma.
R. ...... scutellatæ. Cerastis vaccinii.
S. ...... ochrocephalæ. Xanthea citrago.
T. ...... larvicidæ.
V. ...... furtivæ. Apamæa latruncula.
W. ...... curvilineatæ. Heliothis Ononis.
X. ...... ciliatæ. Catocola Fraxini.
Y. ...... pseudo-geometricæ. Abrostola triplasia.
3. Larvæ with Twelve Feet.
Z. ...... semigeometræ. Plusia Festucæ.
A. A..... serpentinæ. Ophiusa lunaris.

In like manner the Geometræ are thus divided:—

1. Larvæ with Twelve Feet.
A. Larvæ seminoctuales. Ellopia margaritaria.
B. ...... stoloniformes. Geometra cythisaria.
C. ...... corticinæ. Amphidasis hirtaria.
D. ...... pedunculares. Boarmia roboraria.
E. ...... surculiformes.
F. ...... ramiformes. Ennomos alniaria.
G. ...... striatæ. Hybernia defoliaria.
H. ...... strigillatæ. Cabera penaularia.
I. ...... rigidæ. Gnophos pullata.
K. ...... noctuiformes. Acidalia rhamnata.
L. ...... rugosæ. Larentia bipunctata.
M. ...... squamosæ. Cidaria fulvata.
N. ...... signatæ. Zerene adustata.
O. ...... punctatæ. Idæa dealbata.
P. ...... filiformes. Pellonia vibicaria.

Dr. Horsfield had conceived a method of arrangement similar to the above, and began to act on it