232 THE entomologist's record. 



June 5tli, I bred 6 imagines, Avhicli emerged during the first week of 

 July. I tried " assembling " with them on two occasions, but without 

 success ; jirobably it was too early for the 2nd brood in a state of 

 nature. I, however, paired two of those I bred, and, with a view of 

 following up my former observations, removed the female to a fresh 

 chip box each day. The pairing took place on the night of July 4th. 

 On the night of July 5th 97 eggs were laid ; these Avere deposited in 

 one large loose patch and several smaller ones (the female of the spring 

 brood laid her eggs in twos and threes only), they had not turned red 

 on the night of the 6th, but were all red next morning (Tlh). On the 

 night of the 6th 34 were laid ; they were more scattered than on the 

 previous night, but there was one loose patch of 18; at 1 p.m. on the 

 8th these were darkening but not yet red ; by 7 a.m. on the 9th they 

 had turned red. On the niglit of the 7th 11 were laid; at 7 a.m. on 

 the 9th one of these had turned red, the rest were only flesh-coloured ; 

 by 9 a.m. on the 10th all were red. On the night of the 8th 11 were 

 laid ; at 7 a.m. on the 9th all these were of a dull orange except one, 

 which was red ; on the morning of the 10th two more had become red, 

 and on the evening of the same .day all were pale red — one very dark 

 red or purple. On the night of the 9th 4 were laid, which were all 

 pale orange the next morning, and all red on the 12th. On the night 

 of the 11th two were laid; next morning one of these was })ale red, 

 the other dirty yellow ; on the 15th both were dark red. These obser- 

 vations seem to confirm the o^nnion I expressed in my notes on the 

 spring batch to the effect that the few fertile eggs of that batch were 

 laid in the middle of the period of de})Osition. I did not take note of 

 the exact tint of the freshly-laid eggs for the first two or three days, 

 but I do not think that they differed much from the infertile ones of 

 the former batch. Some of the later ones, however, if not orange- 

 coloured when laid, must have changed very rapidly, as they were 

 already of that tint when I examined them onlj^ nine or ten liou.rs 

 after their deposition, and it will be noticed that one egg turned red in 

 this short space of time. 



pONG OF THE SEASONS. 



Come forth : come forth : the spring to j Come forth : come foith : the autumn 

 thee is calling : ; inists are creeping 



The plover cries his love o'er moor 



and hill ; 

 The skjiark's notes from heaven to 



earth are falling : 

 And in the hedgerows nods the 



daffodil. 



Come forth : come forth : the summer's 



fier^' glances 

 Bid thee come dream heneath the 



greenwood's shade : 

 Near where the streamlet mid the 



bracken dances : 



About the garden where the robin 



sings : 

 The spider in his dewv net is sleeping: 

 And to his hoard his nuts the squirrel 



brings. 



Lie still and rest : the winter winds 

 are wailing: 

 The sparrow puffs his featliers on 

 the tree : 

 And sullen clouds o'er sullen skies go 

 trailing. 

 What can the dead earth tell to thee 



And the tall foxglove blushes in the i or me ? 



glade. G. M. A. H. 



