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from which the moth m ill emerge will then be seen ; shorten the stems, 

 leaving five or six inches above and below the point of exit ; insert in 

 wet sand in a deep flower pot, covering the whole with a piece of 

 muslin ; examine every morning, or late in the evening, when the 

 imagines will most likely be found clinging to the stems or sides of 

 the pot. 



{l)) Triplucna interjcda. Now on the wing ; will be seen dashing 

 about the sides of hedges as early as four or five o'clock in the after- 

 noon ; comes to lavender flowers at night ; also found at rest on foHage 

 covered with honeydew ; is rather difficult to take on the wing. (All 

 the Triphccnas want care in setting, as the wings are apt to split with 

 the setting needle.) 



{c) Sphinx convolviiU. After second week in August look for this 

 species at flowers of Nicotiana affinis, and bedding geraniums ; is on 

 the wing just before dusk, ancl continues flying for two or three 

 hours. 



(d) Chayocampa celerio. About the second or third week in Sep- 

 tember specimens may sometimes be seen hovering over the flowers of 

 scarlet geraniums ; on the wing as early as seven o'clock p.m. In 1885 

 I captured two fine specimens, one on the 20th of September, and one 

 on the 24th, missing a second specimen the latter evening. 



{e) Nonagria fulva and despeda {rufa). The latter rather local ; 

 both may now be found in low-lying marshy ground ; these insects fly 

 for an hour or so before dusk, may afterwards be found at rest on the 

 stems of rushes and grass. 



(/) Ortliotelia sparganella may now be found where the Spa7-ganiu>n 

 (Bur reed) abounds, but is rather a local species ; it flies just at dusk, 

 and soon settles on its foodplant. 



{g) Cerostoma scquella. This beautiful species may be found at 

 rest on trunks of ash and beaten from the foliage ; it is very local. 



(//) PliiHIapteryx vitalbata. Towards end of August, the second 

 brood may be found amongst its foodplant. Clematis vifalba (the 

 Traveller's Joy) ; an insect easy to rear, often laying its ova in scores 

 on the setting board ; the perfect insect also frequents flowers of 

 bramble, if any are in the vicinity of its foodplant. 



if) The beginning of September will be found a good time to com- 

 mence searching for pupae of A. apriliua, H. protea, etc., at the foot 

 of oak trees ; all pupas taken at oak should be specially cared for, as 

 a host of good insects feed on this tree and pupate round the base ; 

 the trunks should also be well-examined during September and 

 October in hopes of finding P. popiili, which spins up in the crevices 

 of the bark ; it must be borne in mind that trees standing singly in 

 parks and fields are the most prolific. 



{Ji) From the latter end of August onwards, the collector should be 

 on the look out for the autumn " Thorns," which will often be found at 

 rest on, or flitting round gas lamps, and may also be beaten from 

 trees and hedges in the day time. 



(/) 1 have found many moths particularly fond of the flowers of 

 lavender, and should recommend any entomologist who has a garden 

 at command to plant a short row of it ; cuttings put in during the 

 autumn, and kept in a cold frame, will root during the winter, and be 

 ready to plant out the following May. 



