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hybernated daring the winter, then entered the pujia in the early spring 

 without coming up to feed again. Now all the entomological books I 

 have read say this s])tcies feeds from autumn to May or April. Will 

 any reader tell me it they have a similar experience?—}. \\'ylie, 6, 

 Union St. Lane, Perth, N.B. 



Times of Emergence. — My breeding pots have brought forth a 

 good many things this year, some species later, some earlier than other 

 years. Below is a list of species bred, and the time of day each species 

 en-'erges. I think it would be interesting if some other entomologists 

 notified the time. I think Mr. Fenn's assertion in the Record, vol. ii., 

 p. 70, that species have no special time of day at which they emerge is 

 a hit too sweeping. I believe the discussion was first started by Miss 

 Kimber {Record, vol. i., p. 342), and I think the question a very inter- 

 esting one ; for my part, I believe, at any rate, most species have their 

 own time of day to emerge. 



SP^C1ES BRED. 



LOCALITY OR WHERE RECEIVED i EMERGING TIME OF DAY 



Notodonta carmelita 



Hadena ge/tistce 



A series of pupae from Rev. 



B. Smith. 



Young larvae from Dr. 



Crallan. 



Arsilonche alboveiiosa 



= Viminia venosa. 



Anticka rubidata ... 



Between S and 9 a.m. 

 „ 8 and 9.30 a.m. 

 q.-^o and noon. 



Larvse from the Fens. 

 Long series from eggs, 



Tuddenham. ,. 8 and 10 p.m. 



A. sinuata ... ... Larvae near Cambridge. „ 7 and 9 a.m. 



Collix sparsata ... Larvae from Fens. „ 8 and 10 p.m. 



Selene lunaria ... Four from larvae, Mr. 



Bower, Lee. ,, 7 and 8 a.m. 



— W, Farren, Cambridge. 



j5ri'£'/'/?/7rt: /d-rA? appears to emerge from 6 to 8 p.m. One has just 

 emerged at the latter hour, July 22nd, 1891. — Victor Gerrard, 

 47, Foulden Road, Stoke Newington. 



Hybernating Apatura iris. — My specimens of A. iris emerged 

 last week — both females. The larvae fed up quickly. Tliey fed at 

 night, and rested in the daytime on the mid-rib of the upper side of the 

 leaf, the head towards the base of the leaf. One ought to be able to 

 find them by the leaf hanging down with the weight of the larva, other- 

 wise they are almost invisible. When about to pupate, they reversed 

 their position and attached themselves to the upper side of the leaf, 

 head towards the point of the leaf. The back of the pupa is very 

 narrow and indented in exact imitation of the slightly indented sallow 

 leaf. The pupa again was almost invisible. I am glad to have bred 

 them right through the winter. — G. M. A. Hewett, Winchester 

 College. 



ZyG/ENA trifolii. — The Z. trifolii mentioned last month {Record, 

 p. 109) as sent me by Mr. Boult, were taken on the coast between 

 Bridlington and Flaraborough, and not at Spurn, as there (by error) 

 stated. — J. W. Tutt. 



The genus Zyg^/ena.— I have been much interested with the notes 

 under this head, and especially with Mr. J. Parry's query "Do all the 



