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selves to the shoots of their food-plant close to the ground, 

 they lay up for the winter, and commence feeding as soon as 

 the young leaf is expanded. I have found them full-fed at 

 the end of May. — Henry Moncreaff ; Southsea, November 

 22, 186'4. 



72. Ennomos alniaria at Southsea. — I send for inspection 

 a moth found by one of ray children in ray own garden, in 

 August, 1863. I placed it in ray collection as a dark variety 

 of Ennomos tiliaria, but now think it different. I have never 

 taken another like it. — Id. 



[The specimen, being forwarded in a deal pill-box which 

 was crushed perfectly flat, was of course broken to frag- 

 ments : the fragments, however, are those of the very rare 

 Ennomos alniaria. — Edtvard Newman .^ 



73. Larva of Aspilaies citraria. — They are very common 

 near Southsea beach in spring and autumn, living through the 

 winter. Although a general feeder, I find most of them on 

 Daucus Carota (wild carrot), and on several species of plan- 

 tain. The imago is on the wing for about ten days in May, 

 and again for the same time in August, the males flying in 

 the sunshine ; the females may be found among the grass. 

 They come to light. — Henry Moncreaff. 



7 4. Capture of Danypolia TemplL — Last week myself and 

 a friend made a short excursion for the purpose of capturing 

 Dasypolia Templi, and, after two days' hard work, succeeded 

 in taking eight specimens : the situation in which we found 

 them was stone-quarries, where heaps of stone have laid un- 

 disturbed for some time. Templi-hunting is very tiring 

 work; tons of stone must be turned over; for the insect is 

 always found at rest on the under side of the stone, and often 

 at a depth of two or three feet. — B. Gibson ; Wakefield, 

 November 21, 1864. 



75. Hymenopterous Parasite in Cocoon of Odonestis po- 

 taioria. — During the summer of 1863 1 removed the pupae 

 of Bombyx Quercus and others from tiieir cocoons, and in 

 three of ihem 1 found an hymenopterous pupa, but could in 

 no way account for their presence in such a place. In this 

 instance all three of the imagines came out ; two of them 

 were very small ; the third had its wings perforated on one 

 side. In September last a circumstance came under my 

 notice which threw some light on this subject. 1 captured a 



