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E. casiigala and E. vulgata all at the trap, and flying at dusk ; E. 

 ahsynthiata, E. abbreviata, common at rest, came also sparingly to trap 

 and sallow ; E. pumilata, trap ; E. rectangulata, one only, at rest on apple 

 tree. Lobophora viretata, few seen, but only one taken off holly. L. 

 carpinata at rest on various trees, but principally birch, on which it 

 was very hard to distinguish them. Thera variata, T. firmata and 

 Hypsipetes trifasciata were rare, whilst H. sordidata appeared every- 

 where, both the light green form and the black, of which I obtained 

 some very nice varieties. Melanthia bicolorata was rather scarce this 

 year, but M. oceUata, common, whilst only one M. albicUlata came to 

 light. I saw several Melanippe hastata in Clyne woods, but only suc- 

 ceeded in taking one, as they flew so high when once disturbed. M. 

 sociata, M. montanata and M. fiuctuata were all common, and M. 

 galiata was occasionally to be found on the sandhills, but, as a rule, 

 difficult to take, on account of the wind which usually j^revails there. 

 Anticlea badiata and A. nigrofasciaria were both rare, especially the 

 former. Coremia designaia was fairly common, but local ; C. ferrugata, 

 C. unidentata and Camptogramma bilineata all common. I was lucky 

 enough to take one Camj)togramma fluviata <? in the traj) on August 19th. 

 One Eucosmia undidata was beaten from oak ; Cidaria miata was rare • 

 G. truncata, C. immanata, C. snffumata, C, silaceata and C. testata were 

 all fairly common at flowers and trap. One C primata came to lio-ht 

 and a few C. iryraliata and Pelurga comitata also to the traj) ; C. fidvata 

 was common on the sandhills among the small yellow rose ; Eubolia 

 limitata and E. palumbaria were picked up in nearly all the rouo-h 

 meadows about the place ; Eubolia bipunciaria occurred sparingly along 

 the cliffs by Langland Bay ; Mesotype virgafa was very much scarcer 

 this year than last, and Anaitis jdagiata (which comi^letes my list of 

 macros) piit in an appearance now and then at the moth trap, the second 

 brood being the commoner of the two. — E. B. Eobertson, Skctty Park, 

 Swansea. January 2nd, 1893. 



Partial Double-bkoodedness of Spilosoma fuliginosa, etc. I 



had a brood of S. fuliginosa from a pair bred last spring (forced and 

 emerging in April). The larvje aj^jjeared full fed by July, but have 

 lingered on till now, only a dozen or so having spun up. Those that 

 spun emerged in about three weeks, and have been, without exception 

 $ s ; the remainder of the brood scarcely ever eat, but ajipear quite 

 healthy. Is not this curious behaviour, and is the sj^ecies regularly 

 double-brooded, or did I affect them by starting them so early, forcing 

 the parents ? Some Thyatyra batin ova obtained at Lyndhurst in June 

 produced imagines in August, only a couple of dozen or so of pupse 

 laying over for spring emergence. A (piantity of Clostera reclusa pupa3 

 are apparently healthy still, though they were pujjaj by the second 

 week in June, and many emerged in the third week. Can we suppose 

 this division of emergence period in broods from one pair of j^arcuts is 

 in order to assist cross fertilisation ? — E. A. Bowles. November 2Gth 

 1892. 



Spilosoma fuliginosa. — I captured a female SpiJosoma fidigiuosa on 

 June 6th last year, which laid eggs the same day. These hatched on 

 June 20th, and fed till the middle of September, when they suddenly 

 ceased feeding. A second female was caught on June 2 1 st ; her ova 

 hatched on July 6th, and the larva? also fed till the end of September. 

 .Newman in his British Moths says: — "The perfect moth ajjpears in 



