the plants when the garden is being watered ; often comes to h'ght in 

 the house, and has been reared from larvae found on the rockeries 

 and about the Virginia creeper. 



Amphipyra pyramidea. — One was disturbed from hiding in summer- 

 house, and captured, August 6th, 1908. 



Alania typica. — Occasionally taken at rest and reared from larvae. 

 On September 8th, 1889, about forty young gregarious larvae were 

 found on the underside of a geranium leaf; they were brought into 

 a warm room and fed upon dock leaves, producing a rather fine 

 series of this species during the following January and February. 



M. viaura. — Rarely seen until 1904, when it became common, 

 frequently coming to light in house, where it was pursued and, when 

 captured, readily eaten by the cat. A few have been noted each year 

 since. 



Tceniocaiiipa incerta. — OncQ reared from a mixed lot of larvae 

 collected about the garden. 



T. stabilis. — Once at rest. 



Anchocelis pistaciiia. — Two or three specimens only have come 

 under my notice. 



A. lunosa. — One came to light in house September 12th, 1899. 



Dianthoicia capsincola. — Larvae occur frequently in seed-heads of 

 Silene iiijiata, originally grown from seed, but the number of speci- 

 mens reared has been comparatively small owing to the attacks of a 

 dipterous parasite. 



D. aicubali. — Once as above. 



Eupkxia lucipara. — Very common, both as larva and imago. 



Fhlogophora tfieticulosa. — Occasionally taken at rest. 



Hadena de?ifina. — A few have come to light in house. 



JI. trifolii (chenopodii). — Ditto, and found at rest in garden. 



H. oleracea. — Fairly common, both as larva and imago. 



Gonoptera libatrix. — One bred, November ist, 1881, from a larva 

 found on the poplar. 



Habrostola triplasia. — Occasionally found at rest, and has come 

 to light. 



Phisia gamma. — An uncertain species, hardly seen in some years, 

 at other times very abundant, notably in 1892, when, on May 24th, 

 a hot day with a light south-westerly wind, it suddenly became very 

 abundant, and continued so until June loth, when the weather 

 became cool and cloudy with a north-east wind, and thenceforward 

 only an odd specimen was occasionally seen. In 1898 it was first 

 noticed on August 12th, when a few were seen hovering about the 

 garden flowers ; then it increased in numbers until September nth, 

 on which evening it was very abundant ; from that time it dwindled 

 in numbers, the last being seen on October 2nd ; between these 

 latter dates several had been noted resting in the corners of the 

 ceilings in the house, and two or three were picked up dead in the 

 garden. Again, in 1904, I find no note of the species until August 

 I St, when it suddenly became very common, a large, white jessamine 



