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head, I bred thirteen fine specimens, the females especially being 

 exceptionally large. The other two emerged from the pupfe, but 

 were deformed. Total failures have to be recorded with Drepana 

 cultraria and Phcosia dictaa, the larvae in each case dying off 

 when quite small. A number of larvae of Mamestra persicaria 

 were found at night feeding on geraniums in the garden, and 

 these have gone down to pupate, successfully so far as I know. 

 Fourteen nearly full-fed larvae of Triphcena ianthina were sent me 

 from Galashiels, and everyone of these produced an imago. There 

 is very little variation among them, though two or three are 

 more clearly suffused with red than the others. About a dozen 

 larvae of Tripluena fimbria from Sussex produced a most interest- 

 ing series of insects. One is the mahogany brown variety, two 

 are very light, one is very dark green, and there are several 

 intermediates, one of which is a beautiful grey-green. Hoporina 

 croceago, Xanthia aurago, and Cosmia paleacea were total failures, 

 as well as a small brood of Polia chi from ova laid by a var. 

 olivacea. Calocampa solidaginis larvae emerged from ova, but 

 refused to eat, and Asteroscopus sphinx, after having caused an 

 infinite amount of trouble in getting apple-buds, before the 

 leaves were ready, and after thriving well right up to the last, 

 suddenly ceased feeding and died. Six pupae of Plusia moneta 

 were sent me from the neighbourhood of Crawley, and four of 

 these emerged. It was interesting to observe the method by 

 which the imago clings to a twig, lying backwards with its long 

 front legs outstretched. [See pi. iii. fig. 3, Entom. No. 483.] 

 Plusia chrysitis was another total failure, but I got through five 

 specimens out of about fifteen larvae of Ejnone apiciaria. They 

 are rather small, but I had failed entirely with this species last 

 year, as I had also with Emiomos erosaria, which latter failure 

 has been repeated this season. Some fine imagines of Angerona 

 jjrunaria came through, but all the females were of the light 

 yellow type. 



The above-named are all of which I reared, or attempted to 

 rear, any numbers, all my other records being of single speci- 

 mens obtained by means of the beating-stick, or by searching, 

 &e. They include examples of Vanessa tirticce, Zygcena filipcndulcs, 

 Cossus ligniperda, Dasychira jmdibunda, Orgyia antiqua, Odonestis 

 potatoria, Dicranura vinida, Pheusia dictceoides (of which I took 

 a female off a lamp-post on May 31st ; she deposited over one 

 hundred ova, and the imagines were bred through by Mr. 

 L. W. Newman, of Bexley. Several imagines appeared between 

 August 25th and 28th, but some are standing over till next year), 

 Thyatira derasa, Acronycta aceris, Agrotis puta, Agriopis aprilina, 

 Hadena pisi, Metrocamjm margaritaria, Phigalia pedaria, Biston 

 strataria, and Geometra papilionaria. 



Parsonage House, Dorking : Oct. 26th, 1903. 



