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Leominster, Herefordshire, had the good fortune to see a 

 specimen sitting in the upper part of one of the apple trees 

 iu her orchard, which was cleverly secured by her youngest 

 daughter. It proved most fortunately to be a female, and 

 began the same day to lay eggs. This occurred on May 4tb, 

 and continued slowly till the 20th, by which date thirty had 

 been laid, and some of the first laid had hatched. From 

 this small beginning resulted not only the larvje from which 

 the above description was made, but also nearly all the 

 specimens which now ornament our collections ; the race 

 having been carried on by Mrs. Hutchinson from year to 

 year, with but one opportunity for the introduction of a 

 fresh strain for twenty-two years at least, and probably till 

 the present time. This large amount of success has been in 

 part obtained by feeding the larvas, in gauze sleeves or ba^s, 

 on the trees. During all this time the specimens so reared 

 have emerged from pupa earlier in the spring than the wild 

 race. With this exception always a rarity in these Islands, 

 yet found — besides Herefordshire — in Surrey once ; twice 

 each in Sussex and Kent ; once in Wilts ; also in Berks, 

 Somerset, Gloucestershire, Bucks, Worcestershire, Huntino-- 

 donshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, and Norfolk, generally 

 singly. This apparent rarity doubtless arises from its habit 

 of keeping about the tops of the apple-trees ; it may also 

 account for the absence of any indication of a wider rano-e in 

 these Islands. Abroad it is known to occur in Belgium, 

 France, Germany, Switzerland, Northern Italy, Corsica, 

 Dalmatia, and Central Russia. 



4. E. extensaria, i^-rr.— Expanse f to li inch. Fore 

 wings very long, the apex extended ; white, with three very 

 oblique parallel broad brown stripes dusted with black, 

 pointing in the direction of the apex ; costa streaked with 

 black. Hind wings greyish-white. 



Antennae of the male rather thick, simple, densely ciliated, 

 brown, the back whiter ; palpi short, whitish-brown ; hea<J 



