204 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



was greatly disappointed to breed large numbers of Ypsi2}etes 

 elutata and very few E. dehiliata from them. It would seem 

 tbat the larval habits of both species are very similar ; I examined 

 a few of the curled leaves first, and satisfied myself that they 

 contained a "pug" larva, and then thought it would be shorter 

 work to pick all the curled bilberry-leaves I met with ; but the 

 result was as related. By the way, the bilberry-fed Y. elutata 

 seems to me uniformly smaller, more distinctly marked, and 

 altogether a prettier insect than those fed on sallow. 



Melanthia alhicillata, Melanippe galiata, and Eucosmia certata 

 and S. undulata were met with sparingly. Cldarla loopidata was 

 a pest in most woods. Hypena crassaUs occurred between the 

 nth and 20th of June ; one or two examples were taken at sugar, 

 but the larger number were beaten out of heather or netted as 

 they flew along wood paths at dusk. 



Botys terrealls was often beaten out of bushes in the neigh- 

 bourhood of golden-rod, and about two dozen larvae and pupae of 

 Phycis suhornatella were found among wild thyme growing on 

 rocks near the sea. Larvge of Pempella consociella and P. tumidella 

 were found on oak, the former commonly. 



In July, all the species mentioned as visiting the sugar last 

 month, the genus Hadena ? excepted, were to be taken ; the only 

 additions thereto were TripluEna fimbria, Caradrina alsines, 

 C. hlanda, and Cosmia pyralina. The Caradrince were more 

 partial to flowers. 



I was fortunate enough to capture Toxocampa cracca:, and 

 to breed others from larvae found earlier in the season. This 

 insect is exceedingly local ; its head quarters are not often invaded 

 by the entomologist, or perhaps indeed by any one, as the 

 particular spot is only attained at the expense of much labour. 

 I do not know that I should have visited the place, only I had set 

 myself the task of finding the species, and I determined to leave 

 no likely or unlikely cranny unexplored. Of course there were 

 places which from force of circumstances I was obliged to pass by 

 without inspection, but these were few. The casualties to larvte 

 were various, only thirty-five per cent, reaching the perfect state. 

 Emergence from the pupa takes place between 6 p.m. and (5 a.m. 

 I have noted imagines drying their wings at various times 

 between the hours named, but have never seen them so employed 

 at any other time. 



