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hundred specimens, that they all constitute but one variable 

 species. 



Glcea satellltia I captured in very great abundance on the 

 evening of the 11th of November. It is a most hardy moth, 

 as it was out in all weathers, cold or wet, even when the yew- 

 trees were saturated with rain, and adorned most beautifully 

 with globules of water. I left it still out, on the 14th of 

 November. 



Glcea rubiginea. — I was extremely fortunate in detecting 

 the locality of this insect, as it is stated to be unknown. There 

 were only two, reputed to be natives, one in the British Mu- 

 seum, and the other in the cabinet of Mr. Dale. I captured 

 mine at intervals, from the 10th of October to the 6th of 

 November, all equally perfect and beautiful. 



Xylina semibrunnea has not been taken of late years, and 

 specimens are only to be seen in old cabinets. From my 

 captures, it begins to appear at the latter end of September, 

 and continues at intervals until the latter end of October. The 

 three specimens captured from the 10th of October, 1833, to 

 the 25th of October, were all very fine ones. 



Xylina petrificata. — Of this insect, I took one specimen, 

 on the 21st of October, 1832, equally as good as several bred 

 specimens now in the cabinet of Captain Blomer. I think it 

 is certainly distinct from the X. semibrunnea, though it appears 

 about the same time, and in the same habitat. Mr. Stephens 

 gives the time of its appearance in June ; it may be double- 

 brooded. 



Calocampa exoleta. — The six specimens of this insect I 

 captured between the middle of October and the 10th of 

 November, all equally fine and beautiful. An entomologist 

 will not require spectacles to see them on the yew-trees. 



Xanthia croceago. — The last of two beautiful specimens 

 was captured on the 31st of October; the other, about the 

 middle of the same month. Mr. Stephens states that this 

 insect appears in September. 



Xylina rkizolitha appears at the latter end of September, 

 and continues until the beginning of November. I captured a 

 very fine specimen on the 5th of November. 



Xanthia aurago. — I found them in great perfection at the 

 latter end of September; and I continued to capture them now 



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