12 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
15. Very fine day and close, with a moon in the evening, 
no dew. Nothing at all. 
16. Day fine, with two or three slight showers, and very - 
misty at night, with no wind. Ten or twelve common 
species. 
17. Windy day, with a few showers in the morning: in the 
evening the wind subsided, and the grass remained wet from 
the rain in the morning. A great number before the moon 
rose. 
18. Morning very wet, with strong west wind. It cleared 
up in the afternoon when the wind dropped. A very fair 
number. 
19. Day cloudy and close, with wind from the west, which 
increased about eight o’clock. Very fair for about twenty 
minutes, after which there was hardly anything. 
20. Dull day, with rather a strong wind from the south, 
which abated towards evening; very cloudy, and a slight dew. 
Very great number. 4 
Judging from the above notes, I find that as a rule fine or 
showery days—with a west or south wind and some sort of 
moisture on the grass, either rain or dew, and no, or at least 
a very young, moon—are good, if the wind is not too strong ; 
whereas a dry night, or when the wind is north or east, is 
usually bad. 
WiLLIAM W. KeEywortH. 
Alderley Edge, near Manchester. 
Notes on Oviposition. By the Rev. P. H. JENNINGS. 
(Continued from vol. viii. p. 218.) . 
I sEND you a few more notes on oviposition, which will 
bring what I have to say to a close till next season. 
A. scutulala.—A female, taken August 12th, laid thirty- 
seven eggs: twenty-five on the 13th and twelve on the 14th. 
Of these thirty-one were deposited on the under surface of 
the leaves, four on the upper, and two on the stem of food- 
plant, G. Mollugo; some were laid singly and some in 
batches, Varying in number, the largest seven: oval, slightly 
flattened on both surfaces; attached to the leaf or stem by 
the small end; cream-coloured, not glossy ; surface covered 
