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Bromley (vide Entom. xxxiv. p. 354), I met with no success at all. 

 Woodiice and earwigs appeared in plenty, but not a single moth. 

 Curiously enough, a young friend of mine who was sugaring on the 

 same nights about half a mile away was fairly successful ; the chief 

 results he obtained being A. pi/ramidea, T. Jimhria, and others of the 

 same genus. I did very little net-work, but by means of light, or 

 dusking, or by beating in the daytime, I took the following : — S. 

 Ivjustri, M. stellatarum, H. bombyliformis, Z. Jilipendula;, E. jacobcece, 

 P. bucephala, C. graminis, T. orbona, T. comes, T. protmba, M. maura, 

 P. moneta, E. mi, E. ylypliica, C. nupta, U. sambucaria, R. luteolata, 

 V. macularia, M. marf/aritaria, C, elinguaria, E. alniaria, G. vernaria, 

 A. grossidarlata, and E. cerclnata. 



As to breeding, I have mentioned in former notes {vide Entom. xxxiv. 

 pp. 229 and 258) liow that several Sphingidse, 8. ligustri, S. ocellatus, 

 S. popuU, and S. tilicc, were much earlier this year than usual, and 

 how I got a double brood of S. ocellatus and S. populi. I expected the 

 same to occur with S. tilicB, but it did not. I experienced a complete 

 failure with some larv?e of Hyloicm (S.) pinastri, which died off after 

 the fourth moult. A batch of about a dozen C. elpcnor fed up success- 

 fully on vine, and began pupating on August 11th, but several died 

 in the attempt, and I am left with seven healthy pupte. Larvae of 

 E. jacob(B(E were very plentiful on ragwort during the latter part of 

 July; and on May 29th I found two fine larvae of A. caia, which, 

 however, refused to feed in confinement, and died before reaching the 

 pupal stage, A batch of ova of Z. (bscuH, which were given me, 

 yielded larvfe on July 23rd, which are at present feeding inside a piece 

 of apple-wood, as are also four larvae of C. lignipenla. I was very 

 successful with Lymantria (0.) monaoha, which fed up on apple. The 

 larvae emerged on April 19th and 20th, pupated during the early part 

 of June, and imagines began to appear on June 26th. Out of fifteen 

 larvas of Malacosoma [B.) neustna, also fed on apple, and which began 

 to pupate on June 23rd, only four imagines resulted, the first appear- 

 ing on July 11th. This autumn I have taken a number of la.v\se of 

 Macrothylacia (B.) rubi, which continued to feed on bramble up to the 

 beginning of November, when they retired for the winter. A dozen 

 larvae of Lasiocampa (B.) qucrcus were sent me on April 30th. They 

 were fed on poplar, and the first four spun up on May 16th or 17th. 

 A male appeared on July lltli, two females on July 12th, and one 

 female on July 19th. But the relnaining eight went on feeding slowly 

 till the first week in August, and are hybernating as pupae. A brood 

 of E. versicolor came out on April 21st, and were full fed by the first 

 week in June; and a batch of (S'. carpini, which emerged on May 30th, 

 fed up on willow till July 7th to 10th. Frequently on a hot day I 

 have noticed the pupae of this insect wriggling about inside the cocoon, 

 the result being a harsh grating noise. I had a very late brood of 

 Pheosia {N.) dictaa sent me from Bexley, the last of which did not 

 cease feeding till Nov. 1st. During the previous week or ten days I 

 had experienced considerable difiiculty in getting fresh poplar leaves 

 for them. I had a batch of ova of C. fraxini s^nt me from abroad, 

 and from these (larvae emerged April 27th till May 9tb, pupated 

 June 17th and next ten days) I got, from July 20tli to August 4th, a 

 fine series of imagines. They are very fine insects, and I experienced 



