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tina, not common. — E. (Ene, on the road to Lago Mesurina, not common. — E. 

 Nerine, common, Lago di Loppio. — E. Manto, very abundant, Brenner. — E. lap- 

 pona, one specimen, Cortina. — E. Tyndarus and E. Gorge, not very common, Post 

 Alp. — E. Pronoe, var. Piiho, Cortina and Brenner. — E. mthiops, Lago di Loppio (a 

 fine form) and Brenner. — E. ligea, Cortina. 



(Eneis Aello, Post Alp. 



Satyrus Hermione and S. Drt/as, very common, Lago di Loppio, the latter 

 worn. 



Pararge Meera, Cortina ; I captured a beautiful series, all males, which I 

 believed at first, from the general appearance, to be Hiera, but upon examination I 

 take them to bo a dark form of the first-named species. 



Epinephile Janira, Cortina. — E. Tiikonus, Lago di Loppio, very abundant. 



Ccsnonympha Pamphilus and C. arcania, var. Satyrion, Cortina. 



Spilothyrus alcecB and althcem, Gardono. 



Syrichthus alveus and 5. Sao, G-ardone. 



Nisoniades Tages, Lago di Loppio. 



Hesperia lineola, Cortina. 

 Also the following Heterocera : — 



Charocampa nerii, a larva (brown form, an unusual one) bronght me at Riva, 

 found feeding on Oleander in the grounds of the Hotel Sole D'Oro. 



Macroglossa stellatarum, gajierally common. 



CaUimorpha Hera, among hemp agrimony, Lago di Loppio. 



Psodos alpinata and quadrifaria, common, Post Alp. 



Agrotis cuprea, Post Alp. 



Catocala puerpera, Gardone. 



Shrublands, Eltham : 



September 21th, 1900. 



NOTES ON REARING STAUBOPUS FAGI. 

 BY MKS. E. C. BAZETT 



As I had not in my previous attempts to breed this moth been very successful, 

 perhaps a short account of the method I adopted this year may be of interest, as I 

 have now been most fortunate. 



Of the larvae which I transferred to the pots to go down only two per cent, 

 failed to turn properly to pupa, and up to that stage the mortality, as shown by dead 

 larvae in the sleeves, was small. Of those which were put into the pots sixty-five 

 per cent, have emerged in perfect condition, and I have twenty-five per cent, of 

 sound heavy cocoons which I fully expect will produce moths in the spring. Eight 

 per cent., however, failed ; having broken through the top of the chrysalis, they were 

 for some reason or other unable to leave the cocoon, and their struggles to do so 

 could be heard, at least I conclude so, as on several occasions while sitting beside 

 the case in the evening I heard a continued rustling amongst the leaves, and though 



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