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slightly at one end, and are ribbed, the ribs being formed 

 apparently by a series of small indentations running parallel to 

 each other all round and from end to end of the egg. They were 

 laid end on round the sides of the pill-boxes. The rain came on 

 about 4 o'clock, and continued until 7, when I went to a rough, 

 rocky piece of ground, about half a mile from the inn, and tried 

 sugar, but no moths came to it ; and the rain, which began to fall 

 again about 10 p.m., soon washed it away. I found E.ptulchellata 

 and Bryophila perla sitting on the rocks ; and netted one 

 P. osteodactylus, and a few Pseudoterpna cytisaria, Eubolia palum- 

 baria, Nudaria mundana, A. remutata, and E. distinctata. 



On Tuesday, July 3rd, after I had finished setting my 

 previous day's captures, I collected some larvae which were 

 feeding upon the flower-heads of the ox-eye daisy. The head 

 is a lightish brown ; the body smooth and greyish in colour, with 

 black dots placed in pairs on every segment. It bends over the 

 leaves of the flower, and feeds concealed upon the petals, making 

 a kind of gallery in them. I am inclined to think that it pupates 

 in the flower, as I found two chrysalids in the flower-heads. The 

 pupa is longish and slender; the wing-cases and thorax dark 

 brown, almost black on the shoulders ; body light brown, with a 

 reddish tinge on the edge of the segments on the back ; and the 

 whole is generally darker above than below. I have since bred 

 the moth, and found it to be Sciaphila octomaculana. The larva 

 of Nudaria mundana was common on the lichen-covered walls. 

 In the afternoon, which was dull, close, and thundery, I went 

 searching for insects at rest upon rocks. Rock searching is 

 terribly back-aching work, but a good many insects may be taken 

 in this way, repaying a careful searcher. I used no net, but 

 simply boxed the moths as I found them, and succeeded in taking 

 the following: — E. pulchellata (seven; I also found the larva 

 about a quarter grown upon the foxglove), A. promutata (two), 

 H. velleda (two), P. cytisaria (three), Hadena glauca (one), Aero- 

 nycta rumicis (two), Nudaria mundana (three), Sciaphila penziana 

 (one), and a few other small things. In the evening I again tried 

 the yew trees, and took E. distinctata, P. captiunexda, Eupcecilia 

 sodaliana (four), a very dark variety of Gnophos obscurata, Plusia 

 v-aureum, P. iota, and Axylia putris. 



Wednesday, July 4th, was cloudy and thundery. I spent the 

 morning upon Faraway Moss, where I captured the following : — 



