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at ivy-bloom on October 19fch ; one of these laid some four 

 hundred ova on October 28th, which all hatched on November 

 29th. 



Agrotis puta. — On October 21st I took a specimen at ivy, in 

 very good condition. 



Phyrxus (Deilephila) livornica. — The capture of a very fresh 

 specimen on August 28th has already been recorded (Entom. 

 vol. xliv. p. 365). 



The following emergences occurred in captivity. In no case 

 were the larvae forced in any way. 



Nemeohius lucina. — Three bred in late July ; ova obtained in 

 May. 



Mamestra contigua. — A single specimen emerged early in 

 September, one of a brood of seven reared from ova laid in June. 



Hygrochroa syringaria. — As was to be expected, this species 

 produced a second brood in captivity. 



Ephyra annulata. — On October 10th a single specimen 

 emerged. 



Semiothisa alternata. — Several bred in August. 



Acidalia straminata. — A second brood emerged at the end of 

 August. 



Bapta temerata. — Several bred in early August from wild 

 larvae taken a month previously. I think this must have had a 

 partial second brood in a wild state, as I beat a larva on 

 September 3rd. 



The records of a second emergence of Limenitis sibylla 

 (Entom. vol. xliv. pp. 363 and 328) particularly interested me, 

 as I had been keeping careful watch for a second brood in the 

 Forest. We were not favoured, however. Two or three larvae 

 found in September were no larger than is usual at that time of 

 the year. 



On September 4th I beat from oak a half-grown larva of 

 Nola strigula, from which I certainly expected to obtain an 

 autumn imago. Unfortunately, although it fed in captivity for 

 some three weeks, it did not appear to increase in size, and 

 eventually died. I have never before taken a larva of this 

 species in the autumn ; when beaten in early May they are 

 usually almost microscopic. 



In October and November larvae of Noctua hrunnea, Triphcena 

 fimbria, Aplecta {Mamestra) nehulosa, Metrocampa {Euclalimia) 

 margaritaria, Boarmia repandata, and several others, were 

 noticed to have attained a very considerably larger size than is 

 usual in the autumn. Several of these overgrown larvae of 

 M. {E.) margaritaria were kept, and produced in every case one 

 or more parasites. The parasites have not yet emerged from 

 their cocoons, but judging from these they are a species of 

 Apanteles. 



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