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in batches of three or four; all on the edges of the leaves of 
the food-plant, hornbeam (Carpinus Betulus), forty-six on 
the upper edge, and eight on the edges of the under surface; 
oval, opalescent, flattened on the upper and under surfaces, 
so that the edges are quite sharp. The young larve began to 
emerge on the ninth day, May 18th; they are white, thickly 
sprinkled with hairs; heads black. 
Cidaria miata.—A female, taken May Sth, laid seventy- 
five eggs on the same day, eighteen on the 6th, and four on 
the 7th; all deposited singly near the middle of the leaves of 
the common birch (Betula alba), either on the upper or under 
surface, varying in number from one to ten on each surface ; 
white, considerably flattened on both surfaces; both ends 
similarly rounded in shape, a little longer than broad; not 
polished. The young larve began to emerge on the ninth 
day, May 14th, attaching themselves by their claspers to the 
jagged points of the leaves, and standing at right angles, 
never moving, except bending down to feed. 
Xylina rhizolitha.—A female, captured April 20th, laid fifty- 
five eggs; on the 26th, two; on the 28th, three, all scattered 
on the leaves; on May Ist, twenty-five, all on the muslin; on 
the 2nd, twelve scattered on the leaves, and ten on the earth, 
glass, and muslin; three on the leaves, white, Echinus-shaped, 
slightly rubbed longitudinally: streaks of reddish brown, 
appeared on the third day. The young larve began to 
emerge on the fourteenth day, May 10th. 
P. H. JENNINGS. 
Longfield Rectory, Gravesend, 
May 19, 1875. 
Entomological Notes, Captures, §c. 
Vanessa Atalanta.—I have to record a singular occurrence, 
which may perhaps interest the readers of the ‘ Entomolo- 
gist. On March 6th Mrs. Boley, whilst walking through 
the lane leading to Fermain Bay, noticed one of the leaves 
in a bed of nettles curled up, and on opening it was surprised 
to find a small larva of Vanessa Atalanta ; on searching further 
she succeeded in finding three more. The first larva spun 
up on April 18th, and on May 11th the first imago put in an 
appearance.—W, A. Luff. 
