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Halias quercana. The larva of this beautiful species was 

 unusually common in many localities in May ; I have bred 

 twenty-three fine specimens. 



Sarrothripus Revayana. Nineteen specimens ; larvae ob- 

 tained at Box Hill in June. 



Nephopteryx angustella. After many close searches for 

 the larva of this rare species, I detected a few on the spindle 

 tree last season, and bred five specimens this spring. 



Pteroxia caudella. Now emerging ; larvae collected on 

 the spindle tree at Darentb, in June. 



Hypena rostralis. This insect has just been bred from a 

 bright green, half-looping larva, found feeding on the wild 

 hop on Hackney Marshes, about the middle of June. 



This has been the best season for larvae I have known for 

 many years, Notodonta chaonia, Ennomos erosaria, Cyma- 

 tophora ridens, Halias quercana, Sarrothripus Revayana, and 

 indeed many others, having been comparatively plentiful. — 

 IVilliam Machin ; 6, Henri/s Terrace, Carlton Road, Carl- 

 ton Square, Mile End, July 25, 1868. 



Captures at Gravesend. — I found a small brood of the 

 larvge of V. Polychloros on willow ; I cut the bough off, and 

 they almost all changed to pupae the same day, and in less 

 than a fortnight twenty-five fine specimens made their appear- 

 ance : they all came out of pupa the same day. This but- 

 terfly seems to get scarcer every year. 



C. Hyale. In profusion. Myself and three friends cap- 

 tured about 250 in a few hours, C. Edusa is also common, 

 but not in such numbers as its paler relative. 



P. Globulariae and A. Trifolii. Common. I have taken 

 both species several times when sweeping flowers at night. 



S. papyralia. Several at rest on reeds, &c., at night. 



C. castrensis. Bred, and attracted by the lamp when 

 sugaring in the marshes. 



L. obsoleta, L. Comma, L. slraminea, L. Phragmitidis. A 

 fine series at sugar, and several bred. 



S. maritiraa. Bred, and at sugar and mothing. 



N. Saponarise. On flowers at night. 



M. abjecta. At sugar, a fine series. Varies extremely in size. 



E. ochroleuca. At sugar and by sweeping the long grass. 



A. lucluosa. Abundant in chalky places, I captured 150, 

 in the hope of finding Solaris among them. I also bred them 

 freely from the egg. 



