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tloruuuit. (This agrees with our observatiou of the iusect at 

 large. They will ouly fly when they consider the weather quite 

 i'avuurable.) The lirst 28 {i.e., until March I'Jth) left the 

 chrysalis from 1.30 to 3 p.m. without exception ; after that date 

 the moths emerged in the evening from 5.30 to 6.15, and again 

 from 8.45 to 10. 



" To tliose who do not know C. aujj'iunata other than as cabinet 

 specimens, it may be advisable to mention that the perfect insects 

 are restless in confinement, and therefore useless unless speedily 

 killed. A curious subdiaphanous specimen from No. 1 cage, 

 which left the pupa too late at night to dry its wings properly 

 before pinning, was found with its cilia considerably damaged by 

 the next morning, although alone and in a roomy receptacle. 



" Progeny of No. 1. — Fourteen specimens were bred this 

 spring ; ouly one (.the llthj follows the mother. Five are normal ; 

 one approaches No. 6 ; three No. o ; whilst four are peculiar 

 in their characters, and different from either of the exhibited 

 parents (these are marked with a X). The autumn-bred speci- 

 men placed above the pencil line is also very distinct. This is a 

 variable and interesting series, showing one-third markedly pro- 

 gressive and one-third falling away. The results from another 

 female of the same type, the eggs of which were sent to a friend, 

 show a proportionate number of finely-banded examples. 



" No. 2. — Normal in the earlier bred specimens, those last to 

 emerge approaching nearer No. 1 in the pale stripe, but central 

 band not intensified. The first and eleventh are interesting, but 

 the series may shortly be dismissed as closely following the parent. 



" No. 4. — The facies of the female original strongly marked 

 on her progeny, but none so beautiful. They mostly resemble 

 No. 5, with the exception of the first, sixth, and seventh speci- 

 mens, which are like No. 5 in the ground colour. There is no 

 perpetuation of the characters of the parent, excepting the con- 

 trast of the deep central band with the pale ground colour. The 

 beries shows a retrogression of one degree. 



" No. 5. — Another curious series illustrating a reversion from 

 the parent towards the type. The strongest marked speci- 

 mens are not superior to the darkest banded ones of No. 1 ; 

 some are quite normal, and two approach No. 0. The best 

 character is the colour of the veins of the primaries at the apex, 

 which are orange-brown. 



