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of Shirley Common, and surrounded by a larch plantation. The 

 ground is covered on its surface with roundish pebbles, and is 

 overgrown. In addition to the sallows there are young larches, 

 birches, oaks, beeches, nuts, with a profusion of Epilohium 

 angnstifoUum and other plants, including Orchidese." 



" June 24th. — Went down again to Croydon and took several 

 more coryli and other Cryptocephali. N.B. — Among the moths 

 obtained from the cottagers about this time were the following: — 

 Notodonta camelina, N. chaonia, Apatela [Acronycta] leporina, 

 probably a specimen of Semaphora [A.], tridens ; Dianthcecia 

 cucnhali / — the purple one ; twelve specimens of Halias prasi- 

 nana, since taken by myself also ; Macaria noiaiaria [notata] , 

 M. lituraria [liturata] , Heliotliis marginata [Chariclea umbra] , 

 and Ahrostola urticce [Habrostola tripartita] , &c." 



"July 5th. — Went again to Queenboro' [previous entry July 

 3rd] and found larvae of [Bombyx] castrensis in immense 

 abundance, principally full-fed. Brought away several hundreds. 

 They seem to revel in the moist places overgrown with grass, 

 Statice, Artemisia, and other salt-marsh plants. They seem to feed 

 freely on S. limonium ; on that and A. marit'ima they are prin- 

 cipally found. They were crawling about in such profusion that 

 in many parts I could scarcely walk without treading upon 

 them. Among the Artemisia I brought home there must have 

 been a pupa of Plwrodesma smaragdaria, as, upon opening the 

 parcel and separating the plants, a crippled and much-injured 

 specimen (female) crawled out. I have set it, although in very 

 bad condition, as I had not the species in my collection." 



" July 12th. — My larvae of [B.] castrensis are spinning very 

 fast. They eat cherry leaves dipped in salt and water vora- 

 ciously. I have already from 150 to 200 spun up." 



" July 2-lth. — A man of the name of Page, a gardener who 

 lives at a cottage at the foot of the hill leading to * Ballards,' has 

 a very fine specimen of [Vanessa] antiopa, which he took off a 

 tree opposite his house about five years ago. The tree bled very 

 much, and antiopa came with many other insects to the sap. My 

 brother has a specimen taken on the Addington hills, I believe 

 about the same time." In a later note it is mentioned that Page 

 sold his antiopa to Dr. Knapp, but the price was not stated, 

 although it was known that 30s. had been refused for the speci- 

 men some time previous to the sale. 



"July 31st. — About fifty castrensis have appeared [fifty 

 emerged the previous day], principally females; I have many 

 caterpillars yet feeding." Further entries respecting the rearing 

 of this species show that about sixty emerged on August 2nd, 

 and about thirty on August 3rd, while on the 21st of the month 

 he wrote : — " I exjiect I shall breed no more castrensis, none 

 having appeared the last three or four days. I have set about 

 340 — 114 males and 225 females," This stock seenas to have 



