140 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



stages, and much more instructive. E. exiguata requires one to 

 go to more cultivated spots, for its most common habitat is by 

 the whitethorn hedgerows, which form the great charm of English 

 rural scenery. Soon after the leaves are well out, in May and on 

 into June, this moth may be taken flying on the sheltered side at 

 dusk. The larvae are to be beaten into an inverted umbrella in 

 August and September ; but again a batch of eggs are perhaps 

 less trouble in the end, for they may be " sleeved " out in one's 

 garden, and the little larvae take care of themselves, but are better 

 perhaps with earth for the pupae to winter in. This may be 

 arranged by tying a small flower-pot at the other end of the sleeve 

 when the larvae are getting full-fed ; but do not forget to plug up 

 the hole at the bottom of the pot, as worms or other " beasts " 

 may get in, or the larvae get out, if inclined to burrow too deeply. 

 As soon as the crab-apple flowers begin to show pink buds 

 one may look for the larvae of E. rectangulata. It also feeds 

 commonly on the flowers of the cultivated varieties of apple. We 

 breed, however, very different forms of moths from the crab-apple 

 flowers, they being usually finer, brighter green in colour, and 

 more regularly marked. I have seen moths bred and taken 

 among apple trees in orchards which were almost uniformly 

 black. The diff'erence in colour and markings, clearly produced 

 by the cultivated food, is very curious, and should be carefully 

 investigated. It is only necessary to beat— gently, if in the 

 orchard — the flowering branches over an umbrella to find the 

 larvEe of this species, and the moths will be found in the neigh- 

 bourhood of apple and crab-apple trees in June. A long series of 

 E. rectangulata shows great variation. 



One of the rarest, and at the same time most beautiful, 

 members of the genus is another apple-feeding species. This is 

 E. consignata, which appears to have its head-quarters in the 

 apple orchards of the West of England. It may be found in 

 May and June, sitting at rest on the trunks of the apple trees, 

 and under the thicker branches. The larvae feed in June and 

 July upon flowers and leaves of apple, and are best reared from a 

 batch of ova, for one can hardly expect the apple growers to allow 

 us to beat the trees to the damage of the future fruit-crop. 



Eujntliecia coronata is one of the few double-brooded species 

 of the genus. Early examples, lovely in their delicate green 

 garb, until a wet night or two destroys this evanescent colour, 



