174 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
C. taminata.—A female, taken June 21st, laid one hundred 
and ninety-one eggs: forty-six on the 23rd, twenty-three on 
the 24th, twenty-two on the 25th, twenty-six on the 26th, 
fourteen on the 27th, six on the 28th, seven on the 29th, four 
on the 30th, fifteen on July Ist, sixteen on the 2nd, eight on 
the 3rd, and four on the 4th; scattered singly on both 
surfaces of the leaves of wild cherry. Very nearly circular ; 
flattened on both surfaces; yellowish white, glossy. The 
young larve, which were almost white, began to appear on 
the ninth day, July 2nd, two days before the last eggs were 
deposited. 
Ligdia adustata.—A female, taken June 17th, laid twenty- 
nine eggs: twenty-one on the same night, and eight on the 
18th; nineteen were attached to a web on the food-plant 
(Euonymus europzus), two on the muslin cover, four on the 
edge of the under surface of a leaf, two near the middle of 
the under surface, one on the edge of the upper surface, and 
one on the stem of food-plant. Oblong; equally rounded at 
both ends; dull green, very much resembling the colour of 
the stem of food-plant; the surface covered with very minute, 
circular, convex markings; assumed a reddish brown hue on 
the fourth day. The young larve began to appear on the 
twelfth day, June 30th. 
Cidaria corylata.—A female, taken June 21st, laid seven- 
teen eggs: eight on the 22nd, six on the 23rd, and three on 
the 24th, attached to the edge of the under surface of the 
leaf. Of a faint greenish tinge; oblong; equally rounded at 
both ends; not flattened. The young larve began to appear 
on the twelfth day, June 4th. 
Halias prasinana.—A female, taken June 18th, laid three 
hundred and ninety-three eggs: thirty-three ou the 18th, one 
hundred and twenty-one on the 19th, eighty-seven on the 
20th, fifty-four on the 21st, forty-five on the 22nd, thirty-two 
on the 23rd, and twenty-one on the 24th; of these thirty- 
three were deposited in the collecting-box, two hundred and 
thirty-six on the glass cylinder, and one hundred and twenty- 
one on the leaves of oak, mostly on the upper surface. In 
shape much resembling a limpet-shell, but less convex and 
circular; ribbed from the circumference towards the centre, 
which is occupied by a small, smooth convexity, around 
which the ribs rise; deposited both singly and in clusters of 
