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same pattern. In T. punctulata I came across one with seven 

 notches or serrations ; another with nine. But I must confess I 

 was hardly prepared to find that the wing -scales of all moths, as 

 far as I could see, were of similar design. But so it is, and I 

 append a list of additional species I examined : — Boarmia 

 consortaria, Uropteryx sambucaria, Anger ona prunaria, PJrigalia 

 pedaria (pilosaria) , Hemithea strigata (thymiaria), Acidalia aver- 

 sata, Halia vauaria (wavaria), Ematurga atomaria, Abraxas grossu- 

 lariata, Hybernia marginaria (progemmaria), Anisopteryx cescu- 

 laria, Anaitis plagiata, Tanagra atrata (chcerophyllata) , Melanippe 

 montanata, Coremia unidentaria, Cidaria corylata, Pyralis fari- 

 nalis, Eurrhypara urticata (urticalis), and Heliothis armigera. 

 Chester: Jan. 7th, 1898. 



"DEILEPHILA GALII OF 1897." 

 By the Kev. A. Miles Moss. 



To those who were interested in the article on the re-appear- 

 ance of Deilephila gain (Entom. xxx. 290) on the Lancashire and 

 Cheshire coast, I have thought that it may be of further interest 

 to state final results. I therefore briefly append the sequel. 



Though too late on the scenes, it will be remembered that I 

 was fortunate in procuring four larvae. One of these I preserved, 

 the remainder pupating more or less satisfactorily. I say more 

 or less because the specimen given to me by the greenkeeper at 

 Wallasey, owing, as I take it, to the rather rough handling which 

 it received just at the critical period, became slightly malformed 

 in the pupa, having a deep indentation between head and thorax. 

 One of the remaining two, found at Waterloo, in pupating failed 

 to lay its right antenna case in its appointed socket, this re- 

 maining in a curved position over the leg cases. 



These three pupae, together with six pupae of Chcerocampa 

 porcellus and one Macroglossa stellatarum, I placed in a flower-pot 

 tilled with sand and gravel, and kept moist continually by a 

 saucer of water, and the pupae were all placed in a vertical 

 position in holes in the sand, the heads only appearing. The 

 pot was covered with a piece of muslin, and left on the kitchen 

 range, in which position it sometimes attained an almost 

 frightening temperature, the thermometer varying from about 

 50° F. [i.e. at night) to between 115° and 120° when the fire was 

 hot, and I feared that my poor galii would be cooked alive ! 

 Past experience, however, in forcing other pupae has convinced 

 me that they can stand an almost incredible amount of heat so 

 long as it be accompanied with moisture. 



This forcing operation began on Oct. 20th. By Nov. 12th I 



