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flying over the tops in the afternoon sunshine. G. tetraquetana : swarms'among 



birches, flying rather high, from noon until dusk. G-. immundana : a little before 



dusk till dark, over the tops of alders and birches. 



Sypermecia augustana : plentifully over sallow tops at dusk. 



Batodes angustiorana : in thousands round the higher branches of yew trees, 

 etc., in the bright sunshine. 



Pcedisca hilunana : often swarming among birches, but flying late. 



I may here remark that many species are rather diiEcult to see when flying at 

 dusk, especially if their under-wings be inconspicuous or dark, but by taking up a 

 position so as to face the afterglow, many specimens may be easily captured as they 

 successively appear as dark spots against the pale sky. 



P. Ratzehurghiana : at sundown till dusk round the tops of spruce firs. P. 



ruhiginosana, = Bouchardana : afternoon till sunset, round the tops of the boughs 



of Scotch fii's (trees). P. corticana : in incredible numbers round tops of the 



lower branches of oak trees at dusk. P. frofundana : flies wildly at sundown 



along high hedges and woodsides. P. ophthalmicana : sits on the trunks or hides 



among the leaves of the lower parts of poplars in the daytime ; flies around the 



tops of the branches at dusk. P. occultana : swarms among larches, from which 



it is easily disturbed by day, but flies over the tops of the young trees at dusk. 



P. Solandriana : over the tops of birch and other bushes in abundance at dusk. 



P. semifuscana : flies high among sallows after dusk. 



Halonota tetragonana : flies high among rose bushes in the bright sunshine ; 

 almost impossible to see (like ulmana) unless the sky or a white road forms a back- 

 ground to the insect. 



Semasia ohsciirana, Coccyx splendidulana^ and argyrana : from 4 p.m. till 7 



p.m., very high round the tops of the oak branches. S. spiniana : over the tops 



of hawthorn hedges in the bright afternoon sunshine (but this is best obtained by 



beating). S.janthinana and Pyrodes Rhediana : fly in the afternoon sun over 



the hawthorn tops. 



Coccyx cosmopJiorana, suhsequajia, pygmoeana, and Ochsenheimeriaria : in the 



hot sun round the pine tops in the middle of the day. C. hyrciniana and nanana : 



among spruces, flying round the tips of twigs in the afternoon sunshine. 



Retinia Buoliana, pinicolana, and pinivorana : at dusk over the tops of the high 



fir branches and taller bushes. R. Turionana : at dusk ; prefei's the smaller 



bushe^, and does not fly high. R. duplana : said to fly round the fir tips in the 



hot sunshine, like pygmeana, &c. R. posticana : ditto. 



Carpocapsa grossana : swarms among beeches, flying high, from 6 p.m. till 



dusk. C. pomonella : from 7.30 p.m. till dark, over the tops of apple trees ; flies 



very rapidly. 



JEndopisa nigricana : over the tops of hedges bordering pea fields ; flying in 

 the hottest sunshine. 



Siigmonota coniferana : flying high in the afternoon round the tops of the 



Scotch firs. S. redimitana : among oaks, flying very high, often in swarms, noon 



till sunset. S. Weirana : ditto, among beeches. S. roseticolana : flies high in 



