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recently from Bexley. Falcatai ia, larvae, June 13th ; pupae, July 7th ; 

 imagines, July 17th. These, curiously enough, are smaller and darker 

 than some sent me from Bexley. A very healthy brood of IHcranura 

 vinula devoured a great deal of willow from June 25th till July 27th, 

 when the first one began to spin up. The imagines from last year's 

 brood of Pterostoma pal/diia appeared at intervals between May 14th 

 and 29th, and LophDptenj.v camdina between May 28th and June 11th. 

 Notodonta dromedarius is one of my total failures this year, for the 

 young larvjB which emerged from ova on July 6th entirely refused to 

 eat. A very good series of N. ziczac, varying nicely in colour, came 

 out on Aprd IGth and 20th, June 8th, 10th, 21st, and 24th. I was 

 very successful with the three " chocolate tips " : Pijgccra cut tula, 

 larvffi, June 19th; pup.'e, July 15th; imagines, July 28th. P. ana- 

 choreta, larvfe, May 1st; pupoe, June 19th; imagines, June 30th. P. 

 pit/ni, larviB, June 25th; pup;i3, July 26th; imagines, Aug. 14th. Among 

 the Noctua?, some fine imagines of Acronycta aceris emerged on June 

 21st; some larvie of Diloba cicrulcocephala spun upon July 11th, and 

 the resultant imagines began to appear on Oct. 29th, and two pupae of 

 Agrotis piita yielded perfect insects on May 14th and 15th. A batch 

 of ova of Polia chi hatched on March 23rd, and fed up very well on 

 whitethorn till May 29th, when the first went down. A fine series of 

 imagines began to appear on July 16th, with a good range of shades, 

 but none was dark enough to be referred to the variety olivacea. Some 

 larvje of Miselia oxijacanthcc fed and throve very well till May 28rd, 

 when they went down, but only two succeeded in pupating, and these 

 died before the end of July. Only two out of about three dozen larvae 

 of Ayriopis apriUna reached the final stage, most of them dying off 

 when quite small ; two fine imagines, however, appeared, one on 

 Sept. 28th, and the other on Oct. 2nd. A brood of Amphipyra pyra- 

 mided died off altogether, after feeding up well till June 8th. 



Of the Geometry, about fifteen or sixteen larvfe of Epione apiciaria 

 refused to feed at all, and about two dozen Eiuwmos erosaria fed up 

 very well for about a fortnight, after hatching from the eggs on May 

 19th and following days, but died ofl" before pupation. Out of sixteen 

 ova of Selenia illanuria, only two reached the imago stage, and out of 

 about fifty ova of E. fuscantaria only ten ima.gines appeared, and these 

 were very small. A fine series of S. illustraria from last year's larvffi 

 appeared on March 28th and following days, and I was very successful 

 with E. autumnaria, E. tiUaria, and E. anyularia. The former fed up 

 well on lime from April 26th till July 15th, and the resultant imagines 

 began to appear on Aug. 7th. Twenty-six came through, out of 

 thirty-two ova, and all of them are fine insects. The dates for E. 

 tiliaria are : larvffi. May 9th ; pupae, July 3rd ; imagines, July 15th ; 

 but though a good many came through, several of them were rather 

 small, and there was a marked preponderance of males over females. 

 Ten E. aiiyulana emerged on June 30th and following days, having 

 pupated on June 10th from larvae which hatched on April 14th. I 

 don't think I lost a single one of these. A fine lot of larvie of Himera 

 penuaria (twenty-five in number) fed up rapidly and well, and went 

 down on May 3rd ; but not a single one pupated, for, much to my dis- 

 appointment, when I examined them I found that they had all 



