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the eggs are placed by this female ? Probably in the old larva- 

 holes, or scattered at random at the base of the tree. Hadena 

 trifolii (chenopodii) and Pseudoterpna pruinata (cytisaria) were 

 now emerging in breeding-cages. The 30th was another dull 

 warm day. Thecla quercus and Triphcena ianthma were bred. 



On July 1st we had sun and cloud, light westerly breezes, and 

 it was very warm. Posts, &c., near the sea, were sugared. It 

 seemed to be a favourable night, but moths were few and far 

 between. Among those seen or taken were two Leucania favi- 

 color and six or seven Agrotis ripcs, all much worn ; Mamestra 

 ahjecta, two very fine, the first this year ; and I was sorry to see 

 X. polyodon, as I knew this species would probably be a pest in a 

 few days. A couple of Cranibus salinellus were netted at dusk. 

 The 4th was fine and bright, and very warm. Two more Tro- 

 chiliiim apiformis were taken off poplars after breakfast. In the 

 evening I sugared on the marshes ; moths were not very nume- 

 rous, but L. conigera and M. albicolon were observed for the first 

 time. At dusk eight C. salinellus, all males, were netted, together 

 with Lithosia complana and Acidalia emutaria. The 5th was 

 another hot day. Some T. interjecta were bred. One of the female 

 L.favicolor taken on June 21st had laid a few eggs, and they began 

 to hatch to-day. 



The 6th was fine, bright, and very hot, the warmest day we 

 have yet had. I went to the salterns to see if I could get any 

 full-grown larvae of Malacosoma castrensis, but in consequence of 

 the dry weather and scarcity of grass I found the farmers had 

 turned their cattle out there ; everything had been cropped close 

 to the ground, and there was hardly an insect to be seen. There 

 were no signs of castrensis larvae. I was perhaps a bit too late 

 for them. All I got was one specimen of A. emutaria and half a 

 dozen Tortrix vihurniana. On the way back I noticed a quantity 

 of chamomile growing at the edge of a cornfield, and upon 

 sweeping it with my net obtained seven small larvae of Cucullia 

 chamomillce and a number of Eupithecia oblongata. Epinephele 

 tithonus was just appearing. 



The 7th was fine and very hot. A large female Zeuzera 

 cssculi was brought to me by a boy ; C. asteris, E. subnotata, and 

 2\ fimbria appeared in breeding-cages. In the evening I went 

 to the marshes, to work along the reeds. There was a light 

 easterly breeze ; a heavy dew and a ground-fog began to rise, 

 and it became quite cool, which stopped the flight. I only got 

 Comacla (Nadaria) senex, Chilo phragmitellus, and Acidalia emar- 

 ginata (the latter had been abundant in some places), so I left 

 the marshes and went homewards. When I reached the higher 

 ground I lost the fog and it became much warmer, and common 

 insects such as Timandra amataria, Camptogramma bilineata, 

 Cidaria dotata, Hypena proboscidalis, &c., were flying in great 

 numbers. 



(To be continued.) 



