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box-edgings, &c. Tryphcsna pronuha, an invariable pest. Teenio- 

 camj)a instahilis, at rest. Euplexia lucipara, the larvfe on every- 

 thing, and completely defoliating all ferns ; they were found very 

 easy to breed, and absolutely exempt from all ichneumoniform 

 attacks. Hadena oleracea, settled and bred Xylophas'ia monoglypha. 

 Habrostola tripartita, at dusk. Plusia gamma, constantly noticed 

 over flowers in broad sunshine. Gonoptera libatrix. Mania typlca, 

 in profusion at dusk over flowers. Catocala nupta, at sugar ; never 

 noticed at rest in daytime. 



Geometry. 

 Uropteryx sambucaria, seen in plenty from June 28th onwards, 

 larvae on ivy after hybernation. Rumia luteolata, very common. 

 Eugenia quercinaria. Biston hirtaria were fairly common, though 

 I can answer for the fact that Ladbroke Square is not one of 

 those places where Newman found them, as he says, " twenty or 

 thirty crawling up one tree." I have noticed the imagines from 

 April 14tli to May 10th, the females always outnumbering the 

 males in the proportion often to one ; the males come out first, 

 and are much more lively and handsome in coloration. Hemero- 

 phila ahruptaria, taken at rest in characteristic manner with 

 wings outstretched, and settled out of reach, a habit I have often 

 noticed rather naarked in this species. Boarmia gemmaria, very 

 common, feeding on bark of jasmine in early spring. Phorodesma 

 pustulata, at dusk. Halia vauaria, over flower-beds. Acidalia 

 virgidaria. A. aversata: the banded form, which Newman figures 

 as the varietj', has always been found commoner than the t^'pe. 

 Panagra petraria, at light. Abraxas grossulariata, in the greatest 

 abundance, the larvae feeding by preference on a small kind of 

 ornamental evergreen shrub {PJiilorrhcea?), often stripping it of 

 leaves. Eupithcecia oblongata, settled on walls, trees, &c., with 

 E. vidgata and E. absynthiata. Camptogramma bilineata. Me- 

 lanippe fiiLctiiata, larvse found and reared on nasturtium, &c. 



Pyralides, &c. 

 Pyralis farinalis. Eurrhypara urticata. Ebidea sambucalis. 



The Tortrices seen were unfortunately not specially noted ; and 

 as this was the case, though the Micro-Lepidoptera were fairly 

 represented, I refrain from entering into particulars, at present. 



The above notes, though without doubt very incomplete, as 



