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T. populeti, T. incerta, T. munda, and T. gracilis were some of the other 

 visitors. Two specimens of T. populeti were also bred from larva? found 

 in 1905, when taking those of Tethea subtusa ; the latter being rather 

 common in that stage on poplar. Amphipyra pyramided, and A. 

 tragopogonis were both abundant at treacle in September. Chortodes 

 arcuosa was taken by my father at light, and Grammesia trigrammica 

 also was attracted in this way and one or two netted at dusk, but 

 was much rarer than in 1905. The imagines of Cosmia trapezina 

 were quite a nuisance in August, and we got quite tired of turning 

 them out of the net when mothing at dusk. Anchocelis litura 

 occurred sparingly at treacle in September, but A. pistacina, 

 usually so plentiful, was quite rare, only two specimens being seen. 

 Orthosia macilenta, Mellinia circellaris, Orrhodia spadicea, O. vaccinii, 

 and Scopelosoma satellitia were more in evidence, but not many of these 

 were noticed, and only single specimens of Orthosia lota and Phlogophora 

 meticulosa. In the spring one Xylina petrificata was taken at sallow, 

 and a single X. rhizolitha, found at rest on a stone wall. The latter 

 was the only Xylina seen in the autumn, when a few were taken at 

 rest, but not a single specimen seen at ivy blossom. In the spring we 

 bred several Xylocampa lithoriza, from larvae found in the garden, on 

 honeysuckle ; the first one emerging on March 1st, sixteen days before 

 the first wild specimen turned up at light. On September 17th, while 

 cycling, I noticed a moth flying wildly about in bright sunshine, 

 near Bigsweir Bridge, so I dismounted and watched it for a minute 

 or so, as it flew from one plant to another, hovering about each as if 

 seeking something. Eventually it flew down into the grass by the 

 roadside, where I managed to box it. On reaching home I found I 

 had secured a male specimen of Tiliacea citrago. Cucullia umbratica, 

 Plusia chrysitis, !'. pulchrina, P. iota, and P. gamma all frequented the 

 flowers in the garden, the last three plentifully. Habrostola urticae and 

 H. triplasia were not so common as usual, and Heliodes arbuti was 

 very scarce. In 1904 and 1905 we obtained Bryophila glandifera and 

 B. perla in small numbers, but saw neither species last year. A few 

 Sarrothripa revayana were netted in August and September at dusk, 

 and Gonoptera libatrix was common at the same time, flying backwards 

 and forwards in dark corners among bushes. I believe Catocala nupta 

 is usually considered scarce in this part of England, so it may be 

 worth noting their presence on telegraph poles near Monmouth. 

 Euclidia mi was very common in June, and, on the 12th of that month, 

 I captured four specimens in about five minutes, assembling to a worn 

 and ragged $ which was clinging to a grass stem in a field. The $ s 

 came up swiftly against the wind, flying very straight and low, only 

 just above the tops of the grass, quite unlike the wild and zigzaggy 

 flight of Lasiocampa quercus when seeking the female. At the end of 

 five minutes I found, after securing the fourth $ , that the attracting 

 5 had flown away. In August several of the larva? were swept, but 

 nearly all were "stung." The parasite that infests them is remarkable 

 in generally attaching its cocoon crosswise on the back of its host. This 

 cocoon, which is fusiform and longitudinally and irregularly ribbed, is 

 remarkably seed-like in appearance. The unfortunate caterpillar, after 

 the parasitic larva has eaten its way out, crawls restlessly about, and 

 lives for several days, perhaps a week, when it shrivels up. E. glyphica 

 was also fairly common, and several fine specimens were obtained. 



