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of the food-plant, and some on the ground : they were in 

 patches, placed closely side by side. Those on the food- 

 plant were on the upper edge of the leaf, with one end 

 projecting outwards. In shape they resemble a brick, with 

 its edges and corners rounded off, perfectly smooth, and of a 

 dirty while colour. 



Phyhalapteryx vitalhata. — A female, taken on August 27lh, 

 deposited twenty eggs on the food-plant, Clematis vitalba, of 

 which fifteen were laid on the under edge of the leaf, four on 

 the upper edge, and one on a foot-stalk. In shape oval, 

 flattened on the upper and under sides. They were placed 

 generally lengthwise along the edge of the leaf, sometimes 

 attached end to end, slanting just sufficiently to allow of the 

 egress of the caterpillar, sometimes almost side by side, and 

 sometimes singly ; the colour a very pale stone ; large, for 

 the size of the insect, and perfectly smooth. The caterpillars 

 emerged in nine days, and have now (October 16th) all 

 disappeared but two. 



Melmiippe Jluciiiata. — A fresh female deposited, from 

 September 14th to 18th, seventy-three eggs, only three of 

 which were laid on the food-plant, seven on the glass- 

 cylinder, and the rest on the muslin cover. Those on the 

 food-plant were on the edge of the leaf, two on the under 

 side, and one on the upper. In shape oval ; perfectly smooth 

 and almost white, soon assuming a yellowish tinge. The 

 caterpillars emerged on the 24th, and have now, October 16th, 

 just moulted for the last time. 



TryphcBna Jimhria. — A wasted female, taken at sugar, 

 September 12ih, deposited, on the night of the 14th, three 

 hundred and forty-nine eggs, beautifully arranged side by 

 side on the under surface of a leaf of common sallow (Salix 

 caprea). Approaching the edge of the leaf, she discontinued 

 with the greatest regularity about the sixteenth of an 

 inch from it. The space towards the interior was entirely 

 filled up until the midrib was reached, which was carefully 

 passed over; with the exception of those laid on the other 

 side of it. not an egg was disconnected from the mass. They 

 were Echinus-shaped and longitudinally ribbed; in colour a 

 very faint yellow-green. The caterpillars emerged in about 

 ten days. 



Epimda lutule)ita. — A female, taken at sugar, September 

 12th, deposited on the 13th one hundred and twenty-four 



