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the very beautiful Emperor Moth (Saturnia carpini) 

 we once, and only once, found a numerous family in 

 the caterpillar state on one of the strawberry beds in 

 the gardens. These caterpillars were much more 

 beautiful after their last moult than in either of their 

 earlier suits, and spun elegant flask-shaped cocoons, in 

 which they passed the winter months. When the 

 perfect insects appeared, we took one of the females 

 on a "sembling" expedition, but as we totally failed 

 in our purpose, although we strolled over every part 

 of the gardens from n a.m. to nearly 5 p.m., and 

 repeated the attempt several days later with another 

 female, but with equal disappointment, we came to 

 the consolatory conclusion that we had probably 

 secured all the brood, or at least all the males of that 

 brood, when we collected the caterpillars the previous 

 season. 



Immediately following the last species is an ex- 

 tensive group of moths, upwards of two hundred and 

 seventy of which are described, with illustrations, in 

 Newman's fine work, from these we select the Swallow- 

 tailed Moth (Uropteryx sambucatd), which we have 

 bred abundantly from the caterpillar and taken in the 

 perfect state, flying in the twilight by the side of the 

 hedgerows that once added beauty to the lowlands, as 

 seen from the Tower hill in the park, or reposing by 

 day on the trunks of the beech trees in the garden- 

 wood. The Brimstone Moth (Rumia cratczgatd), which 

 is common wherever the hawthorn flourishes ; the 

 Orange Moth (Anger onaprunarid); the Light Emerald 

 (Metrocampa margaritarid) ; and the Scorched Wing 

 (Eurymene dolobrarid), which we have reared from the 

 caterpillar, taken from the beech. After the Thorn 

 Moths, most of which may be included in our list, we 

 notice the Peppered Moth (Amphidasis betularid], the 

 caterpillar of which we have also found in the park ; 

 the Mottled Beauty (Boarmia repandatd), not un- 

 common in the former orchard at the parsonage ; the 



