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of the food-plant, and some on the ground: they were in 
patches, placed closely side by side. Those on the food- 
plant were on the upper edge of the leaf, with one end 
projecting outwards. In shape they resemble a brick, with 
its edges and corners rounded off, perfectly smooth, and of a 
dirty white colour. 
Phybalapteryx vitalbata.—A female, taken on August 27th, 
deposited twenty eggs on the food-plant, Clematis vitalba, of 
which fifteen were Jaid on the under edge of the leaf, four on 
the upper edge, and one on a foot-stalk. In shape oval, 
flattened on the upper and under sides. They were placed 
generally lengthwise along the edge of the leaf, sometimes 
attached end to end, slanting just sufficiently to allow of the 
egress of the caterpillar, sometimes almost side by side, and 
sometimes singly; the colour a very pale stone; large, for 
the size of the insect, and perfectly smooth. The caterpillars 
emerged in nine days, and have now (October 16th) all 
disappeared but two. 
Melanippe fluctuata.—A fresh female deposited, from 
September 14th to 18th, seventy-three eggs, only three of 
which were Jaid on the food-plant, seven on the glass- 
cylinder, and the rest on the muslin cover. ‘Those on the 
food-plant were on the edge of the leaf, two on the under 
side, and one on the upper. In shape oval; perfectly smooth 
and almost white, soon assuming a yellowish tinge. The 
caterpillars emerged on the 24th, and have now, October 16th, 
just moulted for the last time. 
Tryphena jfimbria.—A wasted female, taken at sugar, 
September 12th, deposited, on the night of the 14th, three 
hundred and forty-nine eggs, beautifully arranged side by 
side on the under surface of a leaf of common sallow (Salix 
caprea). Approaching the edge of the leaf, she discontinued 
with the greatest regularity about the sixteenth of an 
inch from it. The space towards the interior was eutirely 
filled up until the midrib was reached, which was carefully 
passed over; with the exception of those laid on the other 
side of it, not an egg was disconnected from the mass. They 
were Echinus-shaped and longitudinally ribbed; in colour a 
very faint yellow-green. The caterpillars emerged in about 
ten days. 
Epunda lutulenta.—A female, taken at sugar, September 
12th, deposited on the 18th one hundred and twenty-four 
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