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ings. I have one or two pretty varieties. I once took a female 

 on the wall of my house ; a shabby trick of the male probably, as 

 there was no tree near from which she could have been blown, 

 unless she had got a ride on a leaf 



H. pj'ogemviaria. — This is another insect which is to be met 

 with frequently on moonlight nights in spring, flying about 

 Cupressiis in my shrubbery — indeed the members of the Hybeniia 

 family seem to be a hardy lot, as most of them fly at night during 

 hard frost. 



H. defoliaria. — Frequent, but local; comes to sugar. A proof 

 of the amount of cold which this insect can endure, once came 

 under my notice. About 11 a.m. on the 6th December 187 1, I 

 was crossing the ice which covered a pretty large pool of water 

 to the depth of three or four inches. The white hoar-frost lay all 

 over, and so heavily had it fallen, that the leaves and small 

 branches which lay on the surface looked half an inch thick. 

 The trees around were covered with it, and the whole scene was 

 one of bitter cold mid-winter. A form on the ice attracted my 

 attention, from its shape looking like a large white butterfly. I 

 removed the hoar-frost and there, with outstretched wings, lay a 

 specimen of H. defoliaria. It appeared to be dead, and although 

 the frost lay thickly upon it, it was not adhering to the ice on 

 which it lay. I took it up and placed it on a shelf in the wooden 

 house where our curling-stones are kept. On entering some 

 hours after, I found my friend on the window quite lively. Now 

 this insect must have been a good many hours in the position in 

 which 1 found it, as the hoar-frost must have fallen at latest about 

 daylight, and most probably some hours earlier. 



Cheimatobia brumata. — Common in the garden at Moncreiff'e, 

 particularly on gean (wild cherry) trees. I do not observe that 

 it is distributed through the woods as it is in some parts. I 

 do not find it here atttached to the oak and other forest trees in 

 the plantations. 



C. boreata. — Frequent, and I think more generally distributed 

 here than bnunata, but certainly not so abundant where it does 

 occur. 



Oporabia dilutata. — I am very much puzzled with this common 

 species. I have taken specimens from the ist of September till 

 the end of November, which by the description may be dilutata, 

 aiitwnnaria, ox filigrammaria. Newman gives dilutata as appear- 

 ing in November, and being of larger size than filigrammaria ; 

 whereas the largest, most glossy specimens which I take here are 



