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wing, whilst if the afternoon be calm, warm, and moist, the species 

 flies pretty freely ; the imagines may also be taken at night on the 

 blossoms of Calluna vulijariH (Finlay). 



6. — Heather blossom is exceedingly attractive in August to Xuctita 

 (llarevsa and N. dahlii ; the latter species is very uncertain in its 

 appearance, but sometimes swarms in its well known haunts — Aberdeen, 

 Sutton Park, Sherwood, Morpeth, &c. 



7. — Towards the middle of August ragwort blossom begins to be 

 exceedingly productive in Scotland ; Hijdroecia Incens, almost every- 

 where, and, near Perth, a fine local form of A>irotis obclisca (var. 

 hastifera) abound thereon. 



8. — On the coast sandhills in August, the imagines of Afirotis 

 restuiialis and Actehia praecu.v are to be obtained by shaking the over- 

 hanging roots of the sand-rush (Robertson). 



9. — To find the larvte of Aip-ntia ripae in August and September, 

 dig round the prickly saltwort, found so plentifully at many places on 

 the coast ; at Hunstanton I found them very common, not less tlian 

 260 in four hours, I have at other places dug five hours for 50 

 (Farren) . 



10. — Imagines of Aurotin ai/athina are out from about August 18th, 

 they only tiy for about three-quarters of an hour just at dusk, and are 

 then not difficult to net with the aid of a lantern, as they do not fly 

 fast and are very quiet in the net. 



11. — MelUnia (iilva(jo comes freely to light in August (Cambridge, 

 Reading, &c.), and is sometimes taken from the lamps in and near 

 towns in large numbers, probably though only where avenues of elms 

 exist in the suburbs of the towns. 



12. — In late August and September an occasional imago of Tiliacia 

 aurai/u falls to the beating-stick, but the great majority appear to hide 

 in the herbage and leaves below ; at dusk they will be found to have 

 come to the top of the grasses and other plants, or feeding on the 

 blackberries ; they take flight at once on some evenings, although 

 sugared twigs will generally stop them. 



13. — Triphaena interjecta is peculiar in its habits on Wieken Fen ; 

 instead of flying late in the afternoon at blossom, as it usually does in 

 wooded districts, it comes freely to sugar in mid-August, several 

 dozens sometimes being shaken out of the sugared " knots " in one 

 evening. 



14. — In the Morpeth district Folia cki ab. olivacea prefers to rest 

 on the trunks of ash-trees in August. 



15. — The occasional autumnal female imagines of Dcnias curt/li lay 

 eggs in August that hatch in early September; the larvae can be started 

 on beech, but the leaves are usually all ofl' before they are full-fed ; 

 finish feeding on nut. 



16. — Breeders of StaKropus fa(ii should always look out for autumnal 

 emergences, individual examples frequently occur from September to 

 October, especially when fairly large numbers are being reared. 



17.— Thelarvje of Cerura binispis maybe beaten from alders during 

 September and October ; the cocoons are made in the depression of 

 the trunk usually low down (from about six feet up the trunk to the 

 surface of the ground) and are most difficult to discover. 



18. — In August the imagines of Hepialus sylvrnus are abundant in 

 the Monkswood section of Epping flying over heather. FnpitJwcia 



