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ber 2nd I was much surprised to find that two well-developed (<? and 

 ? ) specimens had emerged in my breeding-cage. They were i)i cop. 

 when I found them, and the female produced fertile ova on Septem- 

 ber 2nd and 3rd. These ova hatched on the 19th of the same month, 

 but owing to the lateness of the season, I was unable to obtain any 

 food on which to keep them alive. I do not recollect to have seen an 

 autumnal emergence of this species previously recorded. .S. iiopuii 

 was also fairly plentiful in the larval state, chiefly feeding on poplar, 

 and only very rarely on some of the species of willow. I find that 

 these moths emerge in the early morning, in fact, at the same time as 

 S. oceUatas. The ova of this species are deposited singly, or in 

 clusters of two and three, upon the underside of the leaves. I con- 

 stantly found unhatched fertile ova at the same time as nearly full- 

 grown larvae. Several larva? of Aclun-ontia atropox were found towards 

 the end of July. They were all from the Suffolk district. The larvae 

 of Sphinx U(/itstri, wdiich are sometimes to be found here in plenty, 

 were somewhat scarce this season. On July 25th I found two ova of 

 this moth deposited singly on the underside of a leaf of privet ; these 

 batched on the 29tli of the same month. Clweroccuupa eljH'n(irwa,H rather 

 common in the larval state, but they had to be diligently sought after. 

 One of my larva?, after pupating, remained a very short time in that 

 state, and produced a fine female on September 15th. I believe that 

 an autumnal emergence of this species is most unusual, and worth 

 recording. The pupa was of a very pale colour, and I had placed it 

 apart from the others, hoping that it might produce an al)erration. 

 This moth deposits its ova on the underside of a leaf of its food-plant. 

 Macniijldsm s:tellatannii was again this season a welcome visitor ; but 

 it did not occur in anything like the numbers it did the previous 

 season. I found in all twenty larvte, mostly feeding on (Talitmi veriuii 

 but a few on (Taliuni inollKifo. They commenced j^upating on August 

 19th, and were emerging from October 1st to November 9th. One, 

 however, is still in the pupa. It appears perfectly healthy and I hope 

 that it may successfully hybernate. Arrtia caia was, as is nearly 

 always the case every season, plentiful, and the larvae were to be 

 foiand feeding on almost everything. I have found the ova deposited 

 on willow, sallow and apple. They are placed on the underside of a 

 leaf in large clusters, from 60 to 70 in number. Apple is a most 

 unsatisfactory food-plant. A few seasons ago I reared some larva? on 

 it. Having found the ova on an apple leaf, I confined them to this 

 diet and watched for results. They hatched on August 9th of that 

 year and hybernated as small larva?. The following spring they grew 

 very slowly ; a few were full-fed in the summer and pupated, but they 

 nearly all produced dwarfed moths, one only measuring Ifins., and 

 was of an exceptionally pale colour. A few of the larvae were 

 only about half-grown when twelve months old, and they hyber- 

 nated for a second winter. Unfortunately, they died the next 

 spring. Leucoma salicis was very scarce ; it is, as a rule, some- 

 what plentiful with us where it occurs, but I know of only one locality 

 in this part of Suffolk and not one in Essex. I was only able to 

 obtain one larva of Damjchiia pudibunda (Suftblk), a species which 

 never appears to be very common with us. Foecilocawpa populi 

 occurred at the gas lamps in the autumn in fair numbers. Some 

 larvffi of Lachneis lanestris were brought to me, but I was quite unable 



