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Numeiia pulveraria. Three specimens ; larvae feeding on 

 hawthorn. 



Ligdia adustata. Nine specimens; larvae found at Croydon 

 feeding on the spindle tree (Enonymus europaeiis) : the first 

 brood appeared in April; the second is now (25th of July) 

 coming out. 



Eupithecia fraxinata. Larvae found at Croydon feeding 

 on ash. 



E. exiguata. Five ; larvse found at Darentli feeding on oak. 



Melanippe procellata. Two specimens; larvae found at 

 Croydon on Clematis. 



Phibalapteryx vitalbata. The first brood appeared in 

 April ; the second is now (25th of July) emerging freely. 



Scotosia dubitata. Larvae found at Croydon in June. 



S. vetulata. Larvae feeding on buckthorn (Rhamnus ca- 

 tharticus) in May. 



S. rhamnata. Twenty specimens ; larvae found on buck- 

 thorn in May. 



Cidaria corylata. A fine series bred in April ; larvae taken 

 at Loughton, in September last, feeding on hawthorn. 



Platypteryx Lacertula. Four specimens ; larvae taken at 

 Mickleham feeding on birch. 



P. Haniida. Seven specimens ; larvae found at Loughton 

 feeding on oak : the first brood appeared in May : these 

 larvae were taken at Loughton on the 20th of June, which 

 produced moths in ten days : the same remarks apply to P. 

 Unguicula. 



Cilix spinula. 1 have bred several specimens from larvae 

 found at Loughton, in October last, feeding on blackthorn. 



Cucullia Lychnitis. Five specimens ; larvaj found at Box 

 Hill in August. 



Stauropus Fagi. A single specimen ; larva found at Lough- 

 ton feeding on oak. 



Notodonta camelina. Twenty-two specimens ; larvse col- 

 lected i)rincipally at Loughton during last September. The 

 moths began to emerge about the middle of May, and have 

 continued to appear from that period to the present time, one 

 being taken from the breeding-cage on the 22nd of July. 



N. dodonaa. One specimen ; larva beaten at Mickleham 

 m Sei)tember. 



Halias prasinana. Thirty specimens, but no varieties. 



