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May. C. ocularis bred ; C. rotundaria bred, two of which had the " first Hue" 
and " central line " confluent, so that only two lines appear on the upper wings, 
L. hexapteraria, E. plumbeolata, and L. sina/pis captured. 
June. C. pnrcellus, 8. undulata, and L. lueella captured. 
July. L. qv,ercus, a <? bred from a pupa of 1865 ; P. lacertula (second brood) 
2^. dictoia, N. Ziczac, and T. hetulce bred ; C. chamomillce at rest on an iron fence (a 
new species to Worcestershire). 
August. C. diffinis, C. xerampelina, and 0. graminis bred. M. eupliorhiata 
(second brood) captured. On the 23rd, I saw a fine <? S. populi drying its wings 
(no doubt of a second bi'ood). 
September'. M. stellatarum ; the only one I have seen or heard of this season 
was captured by a youth and brought to me. V. c-alhum ; one bred from a larva 
I found feeding ou elm (I think this is very unusual), and one amongst the flowers 
in my garden ; the latter is filled with choice and attractive plants, yet I saw only 
one V. Atalanta, and four or five V. uriico;. E. tiliaria and C miata bred. C. nupta 
at rest. 
October. X. semihrunnea, X. rhsolitha, 0. macilenta, C mupta, and A. lunosa 
at sugar. I never before saw so few of the common autumnal species attracted by 
sugar ; in fact, this system has failed with me throughout the year. 
During the year, I met with the following larvas : — T. betulw, 25, nearly all of 
which emerged ; 8 S emerged from the 21st to 27th of July, but no ? ; after that 
the ? appeared, with 2 or 3 c? • G. papilionaria, 6 larvae, 5 emerged ; I think it 
probable, that the high winds prevailing when the larvae were feeding, prevented 
the Ichneumons from attacking them ; in former years, I usually found one-third 
of the larvae of T. ietulte, and 8 out of ten of those o{ papilionaria, stung. C. vinula 
25 larvae on one small willow. N. ziczac, N. dromedarius (14 ; the first on the 11th 
August, the last on the 10th of October, then not half-grown), C furctda, 
A. leporina, P. palpina, A. Atropos (1 brought to me — rare this season^, C ocularis, 
S. ocellatus, E. tiliaria, C. miata, P. falcula, E. penJAilaria, E. orbicidaria, 
P. lacertula,, S- apiformis, and many others. — A. Edmunds, Cemetery House, 
Astwood Road, Worcester, November 21st, 1866. 
On the distinguishing characters of the larvm of Nyssia hispidaria and Phigalia 
pilosaria.—I have before now been puzzled how to distinguish tholarvEB of these 
species, and, indeed, have bred the moths of the one from what I had taken for the 
larvae of the other ; but this year, through the kindness of Mr. Batty, I have had 
the opportunity of settling this difficulty for myself, and now venture to send a 
note of the most striking points of distinction. 
Botli larvae are alike in this— that they are very knobby and warty ; they have 
eight pairs of dorsal, and eight pairs of sub-dorsal warts, on segments five to 
twelve — both inclusive ; they differ as follows. 
In hispidaria, the warts, although not uniform in size throughout, yet do not 
vary so much ; the dorsal warts on segment twelve being bigger than any of the 
rest, and the biggest sub-dorsal warts being on segment six : and then as to the 
colouring — there is a more uniform pattern and mottling of orange with grey or 
black. 
