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rounded at the other end, ribbed longitudinally, not glossy ; 
assumed a beautiful rose-colour on the 4th. The young 
larve, which were very long and slender, began to appear on 
the fifteenth day, June 8th. 
Cabera pusaria.—A female, taken May 22nd, laid thirty 
eggs: twenty-six were deposited on the 23rd, and four on 
the 24th; all on the glass or on the muslin cover: oblong, 
considerably depressed on the crown, rounded at the other 
end, light green, glossy. The young larve began to appear 
on the 12th day, June 4th. 
Strenia clathrala.—A female, taken May 26th, laid fifty- 
four eggs on the leaves, stem, and flowers, of the common 
trefoil,—some on the upper, some on the under surface of the 
leaves, near the middle,—singly, and only one or two on each 
leaf: oval, considerably flattened on both surfaces, a beautiful 
bluish green, partaking very much of the colour of the food- 
plant. The young larve began to appear on the eleventh day, 
June 6th. 
Aspilates citraria.—A wasted female, taken June 3rd, laid 
ten eggs: eight on the 3rd, and two on the 4th: oblong, pale 
yellow, considerably depressed on the crown, rounded at the 
other end; attached to the stems of the common trefoil; 
three singly, the rest in a row up the stem; all with the 
depressed end upwards; assumed a dusky brown colour on 
the third day. The young larve began to appear on the 
fourteenth day, June 17th. 
Melanippe rivata.—A female, taken May 16th, laid sixty 
eggs: fifleen on the 16th, thirty on the 17th, seven on the 
18th, and eight on the 19th; deposited on the tips of the 
leaves of the food-plant (Galium mollugo): oval, yellowish 
white, glossy. The young larve began to appear on the 
tenth day, May 26th. 
M. montanata.—A female, taken June 4th, laid one 
hundred and fifty eggs: thirty-nine were deposited in the 
box on the 4th, forty-two on the 5th, twenty-six on the 6th, 
seventeen on the 7th, eighteen on the 8th, two on the 9th, 
and six on the 16th; of these, deposited from the 5th to the 
10th, fifty were laid on the under side of the leaves of the 
common primrose (Primula vulgaris), and sixty-one on the 
muslin cover; attached very delicately to the points of the 
down on the under surface of the leaves, or to the finest fibres 
