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15. Very fine clay and close, wilh a moon in the evening, 

 no dew. Nothing at all. 



16. Day fine, with two or three slight showers, and very 

 misty at night, with no wind. Ten or twelve common 

 species. 



17. Windy day, with a few showers in the morning: in the 

 evening the wind subsided, and the grass remained wet fiom 

 the rain in the morning. A great number before the moon 

 rose. 



18. Morning very wet, with strong west wind. It cleared 

 up in the afternoon when the wind dropped. A very fair 

 number. 



19. Day cloudy and close, with wind from the west, which 

 increased about eight o'clock. Very fair for about twenty 

 minutes, after which there was hardly anything. 



20. Dull day, with rather a strong wind from the south, 

 which abated towards evening; very cloudy, and a slight dew. 

 Very great number. 



Judging from the above notes, I find that as a rule fine or 

 showery days— with a west or south wind and some sort of 

 moisture on the grass, either rain or dew, and no, or at least 

 a very young, moon — are good, if the wind is not too strong; 

 whereas a diy night, or when the wind is north or east, is 

 usually bad. 



William W. Keyworth. 



Alderley Edge, near Manchester. 



Notes on Oviposilion. By the Rev. P. H. JeniNINGS. 



(Coutinued from vol. viii. p. 218.) 



I SEND you a few more notes on oviposition, which will 

 bring what I have to say to a close till next season. 



A. scululala. — A female, taken August 12th, laid thirty- 

 seven eggs: twenty-five on the 13th and twelve on the ]4th. 

 Of these thirty-one were deposited on the under surface of 

 the leaves, four on the upper, and two on the stem of food- 

 plant, G. Mollugo ; some were laid singly and some in 

 batches, varying in number, the largest seven : oval, slightly 

 flattened on both surfaces; attached to the leaf or stem by 

 the sn)all end; cream-coloured, not glossy ; surface covered 



