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the 10th, thirty on the 11th, one on the 12th, seven on the 
13th, and two on the 14th; of these one only was deposited 
on the food-plant on the under surface of a leaf, sixty-two on 
the glass cylinder, and forty-seven on the muslin cover. 
Oval; yellow; smooth, but not glossy; all detached from 
one another. 
Iodes vernaria.—A bred female laid one hundred and 
forty-eight eggs: on June 29th seventy-three, and thirty-three 
on the 30th, fourteen on July Ist, fourteen on the 2nd, seven 
on the 3rd, and seven on the 4th; these were laid in thirty- 
five different piles, the piles varying in number of eggs from 
one to seven, almost always attached to the stem of the food- 
plant, traveller’s joy (Clematis vitalba). In shape the egg is 
nearly circular, a little longer than broad, perfectly flat on 
both surfaces, with very sharply defined rims; the piles are 
made with the greatest regularity, so that the rims exactly 
coincide. Colour bright green; sides glossy, and surfaces of 
the finest polish. The young larve, which began to appear 
on the fifteenth day, July 14th, were almost white, with nearly 
black heads. 
Acidalia aversata.—A female, taken July 2nd, laid forty- 
three eggs on the 3rd, in clusters very like bunches of grapes, 
on a string of an old larva-web, which happened to stretch 
across the glass cylinder: they were deposited with great 
neatness, the smaller end touching the web, the larger 
standing out at an angle of 45°, or thereabouts; the several 
clusters containing from six to thirteen eggs. Oval, flesh- 
- coloured, not glossy. On the fourth day the signs of fertility 
‘appeared in a few red specks on one side, about midway 
between the two ends. The young larve appeared on the 
twelfth day, July 15th: heads black, and five alternate rings 
of gray and black. 
Corycia temerata.—A female, taken June 380th, laid 
twenty-three eggs: twenty-one on July Ist and two on the 
2nd; all close to the midrib of the leaves of wild cherry, and 
pressed as much as possible under it. Oval, yellow, glossy. 
On the fourth day the signs of fertility appeared in a few red 
specks on the crown, and were followed by others over the 
whole surface of the egg, which at last assumed an orange- 
colour, of which colour the young larve appeared on the 
thirteenth day, July 14th. 
