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rounded at the other end, ribbed longitudinally, not glossy ; 

 assumed a beautiful rose-colour on the 4th. The young 

 larvae, which were very long and slender, began to appear on 

 the fifteenth day, June 8th. 



Cahera ptisaria. — A female, taken May 22nd, laid thirty 

 eggs: twenty-six were deposited on the 23rd, and four on 

 the 24th; all on the glass or on the muslin cover: oblong, 

 considerably depressed on the crown, rounded at the other 

 end, light green, glossy. The young larvae began to appear 

 on the 12th day, June 4th. 



Strenia clathrala. — A female, taken May 26th, laid fifty- 

 four eggs on the leaves, stem, and flowers, of the common 

 trefoil, — some on the upper, some on the under surface of the 

 leaves, near the middle, — singly, and only one or two on each 

 leaf: oval, considerably flattened on both surfaces, a beautiful 

 bluish green, partaking very much of the colour of the food- 

 plant. The young larvae began to appear on the eleventh day, 

 June 6th. 



Aspilates citraria. — A wasted female, taken June 3rd, laid 

 ten eggs : eight on the 3rd, and two on the 4lh : oblong, pale 

 yellow, considerably depressed on the crown, rounded at the 

 other end ; attached to the stems of the common trefoil ; 

 three singly, the rest in a row up the stem ; all with the 

 depressed end upwards; assumed a dusky brown colour on 

 the third day. The young larvae began to appear on the 

 fourteenth day, June 17th. 



Melanippe rivata. — A female, taken May 16th, laid sixty 

 eggs: fifteen on the 16th, thirty on the J7th, seven on the 

 18th, and eight on the 19th; deposited on the tips of the 

 leaves of the food-plant (Galium mollugo) : oval, yellowish 

 white, glossy. The young larvae began to appear on the 

 tenth day, May 26th. 



M. montaiiata. — A female, taken June 4lh, laid one 

 hundred and fifty eggs: thirty-nine were deposited in the 

 box on the 4th, forty-two on the 5th, twenty-six on the 6th, 

 seventeen on the 7lh, eighteen on the 8lh, two on the 9th, 

 and six on the 16th ; of these, deposited from the 5th to the 

 10th, fifty were laid on the under side of the leaves of the 

 common primrose (Primula vulgaris), and sixty-one on the 

 muslin cover; attached very delicately to the points of the 

 down on the under surface of the leaves, or to the finest fibres 



