GO LIST OF LEPIDOPTERA. 



length of time which the supposed larva of L. callunce remains in the pupa 

 state, is no proof of its being a distinct species. If any Entomologist will 

 tell me, that from a batch of eggs laid by a ^ X. callunce, he has raised a 

 brood of larvae, all of them having blue rings, and all of them remaining twelve 

 or thirteen months in the pupa state, I shall then feel inclined to believe that 

 it is a distinct species; but till then I must, I fear, remain, if not an unbe- 

 liever, at any rate a sceptic. (C.) * 



37. O. potatoria. — Very abundant of course. The larva hybernates. 



38. S. carpini. — Common on Kesgrave heath, where I not unfrequently found 

 the balloon-shaped cocoons attached to the heather. 



39. E. versicolor. — Though not fortunate enough to meet with this insect 

 myself, I feel assured that it must occur at Kesgrave. 



40. C. ligniperda. — Common in the larva state. Its presence, when very 

 young at any rate, can easily be detected by the frass. There was a poor, 

 old, solitary hawthorn in a field near Playford, the trunk of which was quite 

 riddled by them, and upon removing the bark the young larva?, varying in 

 size from half to one inch, were to be seen snugly coiled up, in preparation 

 for the wintry season. Do they feed during the winter? It has always struck 

 me as very wonderful, how short a time suffices to bring this large insect to 

 maturity, when it has once changed to a pupa, bearing in mind that the 

 larva requires three years to attain to its full growth. 



41. Z. ^Jsculi. — One larva at Brandeston, but it unfortunately did not live. 



42. Hepialus Jmmuli. — Common. 



43. H. lupulinus. — Very abundant. 



44. H. sylvinus. — Not uncommon in my neighbourhood. (B.) 



45. H. hectus. — Very common in woods near Stowmarket. (B.) 



46. L. testudo. — Very rare. One beaten from oak at Playford. 



N.B. — This insect appears the last week in June and the beginning of 

 July. It is not uncommon in the Kentish woods. The best way to get it 

 is to beat the low boughs of the oaks into an umbrella. The moth falls and 

 shams death. It must either be pinned or put into the chloroform or laurel- 

 leaf box at once, for as soon as it is touched it begins jumping about like a 

 parched pea, and soon utterly ruins its appearance. It is no use whatever 

 putting it into a pill-box. (C.) 



47. C. spinula. — Very abundant. This pretty little insect is very partial 

 to fight, and on entering the room almost immediately attaches itself to the 

 window-pane, where it will remain immoveable for hours, with its wings folded 

 just like the roof of a house. 



N.B. — This insect is double-brooded, appearing in May and again towards 

 the end of July and beginning of August. I have beaten its singular-shaped 

 reddish brown larva off hawthorn, mountain-ash, and alder, in September and 

 October. (C.) 



* Since writing the above, I have read Mr. Harding's paper in the December "Zoologist;" 

 but with all due deference to his well-known experience, the claim of L. callunce does not 

 appear to me to be yet clearly established. 



{To be continued.) 



