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beaten from yew at Box Hill, but no larvte of Boarmia ahietaria were 

 seen. I noticed Nisoniades tat/es, Drepana cultraria, Hepialus lupuUna, 

 Hadena dentina, Bapta temerata, OpisthoipajHis [Rnwia) luteolata 

 (crataegata), Phihalapteri/x vitalbata, (Joreniia desi;/nata, C. ferrut/ata, 

 Eupithecia indir/ata and Anaitis plarfiata. 



On May 21st I went for the evening to Oxshott to try and get a 

 female of Kucosmia undidata for ova, but saw none, though imagines 

 were emerging in my cages from larvae taken there last year. Drepana 

 falcataria, D. lacertinaria, Ciiix r/laucata {spinnla), Teplirosia punctii- 

 laria, Boarmia consnrtaria, from which I had more than 100 full-fed larvae 

 (about f dark brown and i green), and now have a fine lot of pupae, 

 bhipiateria obliterata {/leparata), Loinaspilis viari/inata, Cabcra e.vanthe- 

 maria, C. pnsaria, Coremia ferriit/ata, C. miidentaria, Kupithecia vitlgata 

 (melauic), and Tkera obeliscata {variata auc). 



On May 25th, 26th, and 27th, I collected with Mr. F. W. J. 

 Jackson, near Oxford. On some ploughed land a good many Pyrameis 

 card id in poor condition were put up. In glades in the wood, Vanessa 

 io, Brentltis euphrosyne, Hawcaris liicina, and Callophrys riibi were 

 caught but only one Heinaris bonibyliforwis was seen. 



On the more marshy ground Euclidia ylyphica and E. mi were 

 common, Prothymnia (P/iytometra) viridaria, Adscita statices, and 

 Ematurya atomaria were flying. E. atnmaria here is rather large, 

 pale, and clearly marked. In the oak woods Drepana binaria (hamula) 

 was common, but very difficult to catch. We were too late for 

 Eupithecia piisillata, and only one worn female was captured, but a 

 very pale Gonodontis (Odontopera) bidentata was shaken from a spruce 

 tree and later on 7>. falcataria was disturbed from a birch. At dusk, 

 amongst other moths, we netted Liydia adustata, Bapta temerata, 

 Melanippe nnanyulata, and Emmelesia decolorata. 



By searching aspens we found larvae of Taeniocampa populeti and 

 Brephos notha, both nearly full-fed, hidden between two leaves, and one 

 or two worn Lobophora he.vapterata on the trunks. One of the last- 

 named was also found on the trunk of an old white poplar far from 

 any aspen, and at the base of the trunk were some old emergence holes 

 of Trochiliion apiformis. Larvae of Pliisia moneta were found on 

 Delpldninm in a garden, where we had tea. 



In the evening we found males of ilepiahis liecta abundant. At 

 first they were hovering backwards and forwards, and sometimes two 

 or three would fly so close together that they actually bumped up 

 against one another. Some hovered for a long time, others quickly 

 settled down on plants, in some instances only to start oft" again 

 swinging backwards and forwards in the air. Finally all were at rest 

 with forewing half expanded, the glandular structure on the hind legs 

 very visible, and the tip of the abdomen extended. 



Closely as we watched, we saw no female approach and touch a 

 male in flight, as I have noticed in //. hiniiidi, and as Mr. Robson 

 describes in this species in the Ent. liecnrd, vol. iii., p. 55, though a 

 female had been caught before any males were on the wing. By care- 

 fully marking down a number of males on soiTie comfroy plants, and 

 looking from time to time, we found that pairing took place without 

 the male changing his position, and actually saw it happen twice. It 

 was over very quickly, and the female at once let go and hung head 

 downwards with legs and wings tightly held to the abdomen. An 



