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campa Rubi, Avctia Caja and vilHca, and Odonestrs potatoria, remain unchanged diir- 

 ins? the winter, and in a scmitorpid state until aroused by the warmth of spring. By 

 procuring a female of the perfect insect an immense number of the males may be col- 

 lected on a fine day in the beginning of July. I am informed by Mr. Joseph Standish 

 that Mr. King once obtained a second brood of the moth in October, — Alfred Lam- 

 bert ; 6, Trinitfi Street, Borough, July 20, 1841 . 



59. Petasia serrata. The larva feeds on the oak ; I have found it on the 1 0th of 

 July. The pupa changes in the ground, and I have taken the perfect insect on the 

 11th of May. —Id. 



60. Chaonia Rohoris. The larvae are to be found towards the end of June, feed- 

 ing on the oak ; the pupa changes in the ground, and I have taken the imago on the 

 ISthof May.— /cZ. 



61 . Pterostoma palpina. The larva may be found in September, feeding on sal- 

 low ; the pupa changes in the ground, and I have taken the imago at Coombe Wood 

 on the 12th of May.— Id. 



62. Acrom/cta Alni. I found a specimen of the moth on some palings between 

 Clapham and Wandsworth, on the 14th of May. — Id. 



63. CucuUia fissina I found on palings at Clapham, and also at Coombe Wood, 

 on the 12th of May.— Jr/. 



64. Colocasia Corijli. I have beaten the larvae of this moth off hazel on the 4th 

 of September; previously to assuming the pupa state it spins up amongst the leaves, 

 and I have taken the imago on the 12th of May. — Id. 



65. Notodonta Dromedarius. I have taken and bred this insect in the beginning 

 of May, and observe that these early specimens are much smaller and lighter in co- 

 lour than those bred in July and August. I am inclined to think there are two spe- 

 cies, as the larvcE differ very much in colour. On the 28th of June I bred a very dark 

 specimen, and I can perceive but slight difference between this and those which are 

 named Notod. perfusca. I found the larvae of this insect towards the latter end of 

 August, feeding on the hazel, at Birch Wood. — Id. 



66. The Foliage of the Lime affords a pabulum to the caterpillars of many Lepi- 

 dopterous insects, some of which are confined to it, while others are occasionally found 

 upon other trees : amongst them we may enumerate the Smerinthus Tiliae, Pygasra 

 oucephala, Stauropus Fagi, Lophopteryx camelina, Petasia cassinea, Endromis versi- 

 color, Eriogaster lanestris, Leucoma Vau-nigra, Orthosia stabilis, Xylina petrificata, 

 Miselia Aprilina, Acronycta Psi, Cosmia trapetzina, Xanthia citrago, Prosapiaria de- 

 foliaria, Biston prodromarius and hirtarius, Geometra Tiliaria and angularia, Ourap- 

 teryx Sambucaria and Hipparchus papilionarius. It is also infested by Aphis Tiliae 

 and various species of Psocidae and Cercopida;. — Selby''s ' British Forest Trees, ' p. 9. 



67. Foliage of the Sycamore. Few Lepidopterous larvae feed upon the leaves of 

 the sycamore, but of those which occasionally do so is that of Pygaera bucephala. The 

 flowers are sweetly but not powerfully scented ; they are the resort of various Hymen- 

 opterous insects, particularly some of the genus Bombus, viz., B. hortorum and ter- 

 restris. — Id. p. 20. 



68. Stylops Kirhii. On the 28th of April, 1840, I observed an Andrena, I believe 

 of the species Collinsiana, flying very heavily, and subsequently settle. I laid my fin- 

 ger on it, and perceiving something whitish I thought T had crushed the bee, but on 

 closer inspection found that it was a Stylops running about on the abdomen of the bee: 

 this Stylops had not been bred from the bee on which I found it, the abdomen of 



