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in batches of three or four; all on the edges of the leaves of 

 the food-plant, hornbeam (Carpinus Betulus), forty-six on 

 the upper edge, and eight on the edges of the under surface; 

 oval, opalescent, flattened on the upper and under surfaces, 

 so that the edges are quite sharp. The young larvae began to 

 emerge on the ninth day. May 18th; they are white, thickly 

 sprinkled with hairs ; heads black. 



Cidaria miata. — A female, taken May 5th, laid seventy- 

 five eggs on the same day, eighteen on the 6th, and four on 

 the 7th ; all deposited singly near the middle of the leaves of 

 the common birch (Betula alba), either on the upper or under 

 surface, varying in number from one to ten on each surface ; 

 white, considerably flattened on both surfaces ; both ends 

 similarly rounded in shape, a little longer than broad ; not 

 polished. The young larvae began to emerge on the ninth 

 day. May 14th, attaching themselves by their claspers to the 

 jagged points of the leaves, and standing at right angles, 

 never moving, except bending down to feed. 



Xylina rhizolitha. — A female, captured April 20th, laid fifty- 

 five eggs; on the 26th, two; on the 28th, three, all scattered 

 on the leaves ; on May 1st, twenty-five, all on the muslin ; on 

 the 2nd, twelve scattered on the leaves, and ten on the earth, 

 glass, and muslin ; three on the leaves, white, Echinus-shaped, 

 slightly rubbed longitudinally : streaks of reddish brown, 

 appeared on the third day. The young larvae began to 

 emerge on the fourteenth day, May lOlh. 



P. H. Jennings. 

 Longfield Eeetory, GravesencT, 

 May 19, 1875. 



Entomological Notes, Captures, 8fc. 



Vanessa Atalanta. — I have to record a singular occurrence, 

 which may perhaps interest the readers of the ' Entomolo- 

 gist.' On March 6th Mrs. Boley, whilst walking through 

 the lane leading to Fermain Bay, noticed one of the leaves 

 in a bed of nettles curled up, and on opening it was surprised 

 to find a small larva of Vanessa x\talanta ; on searching further 

 she succeeded in finding three more. The first larva spun 

 up on April 18lh, and on May lltli the first imago put in an 

 appearance. — W. A. Lujf. 



