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braces, we found that it had deposited several eggs in 

 the groove containing its body, these had hatched and 

 the tiny larvae were actually feeding on the hind wings 

 of their parent ! 



The Brown-tail Moth (Liparis chrysorrhcea}, the 

 Yellow-tail Moth (Liparis atiriflua), the Satin Moth 

 (Liparis Salicis\ and the Gipsey (Liparis dispar) we 

 have captured, and the Black Arches (Liparis monacha} 

 we once reared in great numbers, having collected the 

 caterpillars on the trunks of the old beech trees in the 

 Park, from the foliage of which they had that season 

 been dislodged by a heavy storm of wind and rain. 

 On that occasion we were much gratified by the dis- 

 covery among the perfect insects, when they emerged 

 from the chrysalides, of a curious variety of the species, 

 which eventually found its way into Mr. Curtis's 

 cabinet in exchange for some other insect. 



The Pale Tussock (Orgyia pudibunda), the Common 

 Vapourer (Orgyia antiqua], with its wingless female, 

 very little resembling a perfect moth in general ap- 

 pearance, and the Nut tree Tussock (Demas Coryli], 

 we have bred from the caterpillar ; the Pale Tussock 

 especially in great abundance. In addition to those 

 larvae of the latter, which we have found here plenti- 

 fully on the beech, we have received so many specimens 

 from other localities that the species must be very 

 generally known, in that stage at least when it is locally 

 called a " Hop-dog," that caterpillar, we mean, with 

 velvety-black body-rings, and several upright brush- 

 like tufts of yellow hair on its back, so often met with 

 in hop-gardens. One specimen only of the Dark 

 Tussock (Orgyia fascelina) have we ever captured. 



The Lackey (Bombyx neustria) we have often reared 

 from the caterpillar, and one of our curiosities to this 

 day is a batch of the eggs of this moth deposited and 

 cemented in such regular and close order round a twig 

 of blackthorn, as to form a very elegant little ring or 

 tube of spiral lines. 



The Fox Moth (Bombyx Rubi) was common on the 



