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September. Exactly eleven months are taken by this insect 

 to complete its transformation. Egg deposited August 24th, 

 hatched September 20th, changed to pupa June 29th, imago 

 appeared July 24lh. — J. Prisfo. 



[By Mr. Pristo's calculation it would appear that a month 

 elapses between the appearance of the perfect insect and the 

 act of oviposition. Although in this particular instance I 

 have no doubt of the accuracy of Mr. Pristo's observation, 

 still I can scarcely suppose that this is generally the case. 

 Will Mr. Hellins, Mr. Buckler or Mr. Greene give us the 

 advantage of his experience on the subject ? — E. Newman.] 



83. CyntJiia Cardiii. — I found the larva of this species on 

 the perennial thistle in the beginning of July, 1863 : it is 

 solitary, and draws the leaves together with a few silken 

 cords, in the same manner as C. Atalanta : it changed to a 

 chrysalis on the 26th of July, and the perfect insect appeared 

 on the 10th of August, being fifteen days in the chrysalis 

 state. — J. Pristo. 



84. Thymele Alveolus. — In May, 1863, I found a pair in 

 cop., and put them in confinement : the female laid a number 

 of small round eggs, of a pale green colour, on the stems and 

 upper surface of the leaves of the common bramble, each egg 

 being deposited singly. — Id. 



85. Spliinx lineata. — One specimen was taken by Mr. 

 Winchester, at Osborne, in 1860 ; another by Miss More, at 

 Bembridge, on the 21st of May; another by Mr. Rogers, at 

 Freshwater, on the 20lh of May ; four or five at Brighton, 

 one at Exeter, and three at Torquay. — Id. 



86. Dicranura vinula. — When young the larva of this 

 species rests exposed on the upper surface of a willow-leaf 

 during the day, sitting on a little pad of silk which it has 

 prepared for the purpose ; when larger it rests in a similar 

 manner on the twigs or leaf-stalks : the colour alters at every 

 change of the skin. The larva spins in about ten or eleven 

 weeks : in 1861 a specimen in my possession spun up on the 

 14th of July, and the perfect insect appeared on the 5th of 

 June following, being nearly eleven months in the pupa state. 

 On the 29th of May, 1864, I observed that a cocoon had been 

 moistened at 10 or 1030 a.m., and the imago appeared at 

 11 "30, and the wings were fully developed at 12 : it was rest- 

 ing at this time with the points of its wings hanging down 



