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eiglit o'clock a.m. This was the only ono I bred out of 1,500 pupa) of various 

 kinds I had dug up in the previous autumn. 



11th.— J. litJioriza, at rest on trees. H. rectilinea, larvse entered the pupal 

 state early this month. They did not eat again after hybernation. 



ISth. — P. rricndica, bred some good varieties. 



22nd to May 8th. — P. lacertula, bred a series beautifully marked. As I 

 expected, tho spring-bred specimens were richly varied in colour ; whereas 

 the summer-bred ones were poor in this respect. 



April 22nd to June 14th. — P. palpina, several bred from larvae, and others from 

 pupce, obtained by digging. 



April 24th. — C. curtula, very fine, bred from larvae taken full-fed oiF aspen the 

 previous September. 



24th. — L. hexapterata, bred from larvaa beaten oflF aspen the previous autumn. 

 P. lacertula, depositing eggs the night after cop., in rows of from five to twenty, 

 upon the twigs of birch, rarely upon the leaves : one laid 95 and and another 

 64 eggs. 



April 26th. — D. coryli, two bred from larva9 beaten ofi" birch in the autumn of 

 1864. I took out of one of them 120 eggs in a perfect, and about 40 in a progressive 

 state. 



27th. — 0. pudihunda, bred a very large one. I took from it 478 eggs, per- 

 fectly developed. 



28. — L. sinapis, several on the wing, they were early. 



20th to 29th. — E. pendularia, beating. Ditto, bred a nice series. 



May 1st. — S. tilice, bred two good varieties. 



May 3rd to July 17th. — N. dictasa, bred from pupae taken by digging the 

 previous autumn. It is not surprising that this species has been considered double- 

 brooded, but it is not so. I have often bred it at these long intervals. 



May 3rd. — E. orhicularia, one bred from a larva ofl" sallow. 



5th. — S. lunaria, two bred from larvae I took on elm, full fed. 0. Vinula, not 

 common here. 



7th. — H. rectiUnea, bred from the hybernating larvas, reared from eggs. I 

 kept one moth alive fifteen days. It fed upon sugar and water. 



9th to 24th. — C. ocularis, bred some from the egg, and a few from pupa?, taken 

 by digging. I took out of a female 145 eggs in a mature, and 50 in a progressive 

 state. 200 eggs are about the number a female lays. I have examined several. It 

 is most difficult to get this species to lay. I have had thi-ee pairs in cop. at one time, 

 but not one would spare me an egg ; but I had to endure the torment of having 

 three or four of them completely spoiled. 



I7th to 25th. — L. hexapterata, a fine and perfect series ; by beating, &o. A. 

 ramella. 



17. — X. conspicillaris, one, by beating, in almost the centre of a very large wood. 

 Being a female I kept it, hoping to get some eggs, but by the following morning it 

 had spoiled itself. It laid no eggs, and it contained none upon examination. I 

 kept it alive five days. Upon placing a bit of sponge, satm'ated with syrup, before 

 it, it would instantly commence feeding, and continued the enjoyment for moro 

 than an hour at a time. 



