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taken here (now exhibited) was found in one of my breeding cages 

 in May, 1881, along with other insects that I had certainly collected 

 from various localities near here ; but how it came into the cage I 

 do not know for certain. 



The Figure of Eight Moth {Diloba coiruleocephald). This is a 

 common species wherever it occurs at all. If you find a place 

 where they once occur, they may usually be met with there at the 

 right season at any future time. I have collected great numbers 

 of them at Cummersdale ; and about four years ago I took forty 

 of them to Bellevue, where they are now well established. The 

 larvae are found about the end of June, feeding on the Whitethorn, 

 and the Blackthorn. They spin a tough cocoon, and remain in 

 the pupa state about six weeks. I have taken only three of them 

 on the wing, and have never captured any at rest. Like the rest 

 of the Cuspidates, they have to be reared from the larv* if it is 

 desired to make anything like a complete collection. 



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